J. Lee Thompson — Director (17)
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What a Way to Go! (1964) [Movie] Douban IMDb NeoDB TMDB
What a Way to Go!
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Shirley MacLaine / Paul Newman …
other title: La signora e i suoi mariti / Immer mit einem anderen …
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 rich.
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Cape Fear (1962) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Cape Fear
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Gregory Peck / Robert Mitchum …
other title: Il promontorio della paura / Frygtens terror …
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 his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Roddy McDowall / Natalie Trundy …
other title: Anno 2670 - Ultimo atto / Kampen om abernes planet …
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 lives in harmony with a group of humans. Gorilla General Aldo tries to cause an ape civil war and a community of human mutants who live beneath a destroyed city try to conquer those whom they perceive as enemies. All leading to the finale.
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Kings of the Sun (1963) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb
Kings of the Sun
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: 尤·伯连纳 / George Chakiris …
other title: 태양의 왕 / Os Reis do Sol …
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 United States. They build a home in the new land but come into conflict with a tribe of Native Americans led by their chief, Black Eagle, while both Balam and Black Eagle fall in love the beautiful Mayan princess Ixchel.
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King Solomon's Mines (1985) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
King Solomon's Mines
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Richard Chamberlain / Sharon Stone …
other title: Allan Quatermain e le miniere di re Salomone / Kong Salomons miner …
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.
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10 to Midnight (1983) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
10 to Midnight
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Charles Bronson / Lisa Eilbacher …
other title: 10 minuti a mezzanotte / I sidste sekund …
Warren Stacy, an office equipment repairman, begins murdering women after they reject his advances. To minimize the evidence, Stacy always kills while naked, wearing nothing but gloves, and further evades the law with his strong alibis. Veteran detective Leo Kessler is convinced of Stacy's guilt and begins using questionable methods to catch him.
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Happy Birthday to Me
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Melissa Sue Anderson / Glenn Ford …
other title: Compleanno di sangue / Blodig fødselsdag …
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 place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on.
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The White Buffalo (1977) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The White Buffalo
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Charles Bronson / Jack Warden …
other title: Sfida a White Buffalo / Den hvide bøffel …
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 uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Michael Sarrazin / Jennifer O'Neill …
other title: Il misterioso caso Peter Proud / Die Re-Inkarnation des Peter Proud …
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 which seems familiar and where he soon finds his previous incarnation's wife.
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The Yellow Balloon (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Yellow Balloon
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Andrew Ray / Kathleen Ryan …
other title: Il tunnel del terrore / Amenaza siniestra …
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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The Evil That Men Do (1984) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Evil That Men Do
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Charles Bronson / José Ferrer …
other title: Professione giustiziere / Voldens Helvede …
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 Maher) employed by an oppressive foreign dictatorship.
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Charles Bronson / Kay Lenz …
other title: Il giustiziere della notte 4 / En mand ser rødt 4: Hævnen …
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
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The Passage (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Passage
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Anthony Quinn / James Mason …
other title: Casablanca passage / Farlig passage …
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 pursued by a sadistic German.