J. Lee Thompson
1914 - 2002John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002), better known as J. Lee Thompson, was an English film director, active in England and Hollywood.
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Anthony Quinn: An Original
Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Anthony Quinn, Federico Fellini
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 jobs before acting in a Cecil B. DeMille film…
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Ice Cold in Alex
J. Lee Thompson
John Mills, Sylvia Syms
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 of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
Ice Cold in Alex
The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck, David Niven
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
The Guns of Navarone
Tiger Bay
J. Lee Thompson
John Mills, Horst Buchholz
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 Polish sailor Korchinsky. Instead of reporting the crime to the authorities, Gillie merely pockets a prize for herself — Korchinsky's shiny black revolver — and flees the scene. When Detective Graham discovers that Gillie has the murder weapon, the fiery young girl weaves a web of lies to throw him off course.
Tiger Bay
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Kevin Burns, David Comtois
Roddy McDowall, Charlton Heston
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 science fiction masterpiece. The most comprehensive history of Planet of the Apes ever created, this fascinating 127-minute documentary explores one of the most imaginative and influential series in movie history.
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Woman in a Dressing Gown
J. Lee Thompson
Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle
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 beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Woman in a Dressing Gown
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Gene Feldman
Yul Brynner, Rock Brynner
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 charm. A true sophisticate of deliberately mysterious origins, Yul Brynner was at home in a wide variety of languages and social environments.
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
North West Frontier
J. Lee Thompson
Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
North West Frontier
Return from the Ashes
J. Lee Thompson
Maximilian Schell, Samantha Eggar
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 her husband, the handsome gigolo and chess master Stanislaw Pilgrin, has been having an affair with her stepdaughter Fabi in her absence.
Return from the Ashes
