J. Lee Thompson

J. Lee Thompson

1914-08-01 Bristol, England, UK 61 Credits

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Lee Thompson  (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002), better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Lee Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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The Making of 'Cape Fear'

The Making of 'Cape Fear'

2001

as Self

Acting

A short documentary with interviews explaining how the classic film "Cape Fear" was filmed.

The Unforgettable Diana Dors

The Unforgettable Diana Dors

2000

as Self

Acting

Short documentary profiling the life of British 'Blonde Bombshell' Diana Dors, who died of cancer in 1984. Movie clips and TV footage are mixed with c...

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998

as Self

7.2
Acting

Roddy McDowall takes you, film by film, from production meetings to make-up sessions, then right onto the movie set to see the actual filming of the s...

Empire of the Censors

1995

as Self

3.5
Acting

The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

1995

as Self

8.5
Acting

There is only one Yul Brynner. No other actor had his looks, his range of talents, his energy and his capacity to draw others into the spell of his ch...

Anthony Quinn: An Original

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990

as Self

6.5
Acting

Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand ...

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

1989

Director

5.4
Directing

A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Messenger of Death

Messenger of Death

1988

Director

5.9
Directing

A Denver reporter investigates the mass murder of a family of Mormons in rural Colorado.

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

1987

Director

5.7
Directing

After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.

Firewalker

Firewalker

1986

Director

5.3
Directing

A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache horde of gold.

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

1986

Director

6.0
Directing

A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and pro...

Future Hunters

Future Hunters

1986

Screenplay

4.6
Writing

A man from a post-apocalyptic future travels back in time to prevent the coming nuclear holocaust and enlists the help of a young couple.

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

1985

Director

5.4
Directing

Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who ...

The Ambassador

The Ambassador

1985

Director

5.0
Directing

An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at ever...

The Evil That Men Do

The Evil That Men Do

1984

Director

5.8
Directing

A former assassin (Charles Bronson) comes out of retirement to avenge the brutal murder of his friend at the hands of a sadistic torturer (Joseph Mahe...

10 to Midnight

10 to Midnight

1983

Director, Story

6.2
Directing Writing

Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while...

Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

1981

Director

6.0
Directing

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take pl...

Caboblanco

Caboblanco

1980

Director

5.3
Directing

Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea ex...

The Passage

The Passage

1979

Director

6.2
Directing

During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pur...

The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon

1978

Director

5.5
Directing

A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.

The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977

Director

5.9
Directing

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquel...

St. Ives

St. Ives

1976

Director

5.7
Directing

A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.

Widow

Widow

1976

Director

Directing

A woman is left on her own to raise her two children after the unexpected death of her husband.

The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

1975

Director

Directing

In this pilot film that preceded the short-lived series, a street cop in his last week on the force before his retirement investigates the murder of h...

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

1975

Director

5.7
Directing

When college professor, Peter Proud begins experiencing flashbacks of an earlier life, he's mysteriously drawn to a place he's never been to, but whic...

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1974

Director

5.9
Directing

Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent father for a long time. When Dad tried to kidnap him...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

Director

5.7
Directing

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...

A Great American Tragedy

1972

Director

6.7
Directing

A middle-aged aerospace engineer has his whole life changed when he is suddenly laid off from his job. Unable to find work because of his age and a ba...

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

Director

6.2
Directing

In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, an...

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love

1970

Director

5.9
Directing

Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.

The Chairman

The Chairman

1969

Director

5.5
Directing

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a...

Mackenna's Gold

Mackenna's Gold

1969

Director

6.6
Directing

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 ke...

Before Winter Comes

Before Winter Comes

1969

Director

5.9
Directing

Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British...

Eye of the Devil

Eye of the Devil

1966

Director

6.2
Directing

A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

All Eyes on Sharon Tate

1966

as Self - Interviewee

7.0
Acting

Promotional short film on an aspiring young actress Sharon Tate and her first film Eye of the Devil (1966).

Return from the Ashes

Return from the Ashes

1965

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that ...

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

Director, Producer

3.4
Directing Producing

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon...

What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

Director

7.1
Directing

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be ...

Kings of the Sun

Kings of the Sun

1963

Director

6.1
Directing

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the U...

Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

1962

Director

6.3
Directing

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for hi...

Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1962

Director

7.4
Directing

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and hi...

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

1961

Director

7.3
Directing

A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range fiel...

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars

1960

Director

5.7
Directing

The life story of the famed rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun, one of the most brilliant and controversial figures of the space age. Dr. von Braun...

North West Frontier

North West Frontier

1959

Director

6.7
Directing

In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsole...

No Trees in the Street

No Trees in the Street

1959

Director

5.8
Directing

Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide...

Tiger Bay

Tiger Bay

1959

Director

7.2
Directing

In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting P...

Ice Cold in Alex

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

Director

7.3
Directing

A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader o...

Woman in a Dressing Gown

Woman in a Dressing Gown

1957

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beau...

The Good Companions

The Good Companions

1957

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.

Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night

1956

Director

7.0
Directing

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

An Alligator Named Daisy

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

Director

6.2
Directing

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and wh...

As Long as They're Happy

As Long as They're Happy

1955

Director

7.7
Directing

The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Co...

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

1954

Director, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing

In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.1...

The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At...

The Yellow Balloon

The Yellow Balloon

1953

Director

5.6
Directing

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

Murder Without Crime

Murder Without Crime

1950

Director, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

No Place for Jennifer

No Place for Jennifer

1950

Writer

5.1
Writing

A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.

For Them That Trespass

For Them That Trespass

1949

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begi...

East of Piccadilly

East of Piccadilly

1941

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.

The Middle Watch

1940

Writer

5.0
Writing

Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, wh...

Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

1939

Dialogue Coach

6.1

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeep...