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Aug 30, 2002 · Biography. Read More. Multi-talented figure from the stage who landed his first screen role in 1935. A competent technician, Thompson made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to produce a considerable volume of British and American features, notably "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "Cape Fear" (1962).
Lee Thompson, Steve Chibnall. First published on the fiftieth anniversary of his directorial debut, this book is the first to examine the work of a man once hailed as the finest film-maker to emerge from the British studio system after the Second World War. J. Lee Thompson first came to notice as a talented teenage playwright before entering ...
Sep 3, 2002 · Staff and agencies. Tue 3 Sep 2002 06.34 EDT. The veteran British film director J Lee Thompson has died at the age of 88. Thompson, who died of heart failure at his summer home in Canada over the ...
Mackenna's Gold: Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv. A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.
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Jun 30, 1972 · Conquest of the Planet of the Apes: Directed by J. Lee Thompson. With Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy. In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.
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J. Lee Thompson's films include Cape Fear, The Guns of Navarone, What a Way to Go!, Yield to the Night We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience ...
Maintained by: Find a Grave. Originally Created by: Anonymous. Added: Nov 7, 2008. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 31203940. Source citation. Motion Picture Director, Producer, Screenwriter. Born John Lee Thompson, he began his career for British International Pictures with his only film appearance in Carol Reed's film Midshipman Easy (1935) and ...
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