Search results for "J. Lee Thompson"

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
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99

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

Firewalker (1986)

Firewalker (1986)

Firewalker (1986)
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104

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

Murphy’s Law (1986)

Murphy’s Law (1986)

Murphy’s Law (1986)
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100

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 prove his innocence.

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)
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100

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…

The Ambassador (1985)

The Ambassador (1985)

The Ambassador (1985)
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97

An American ambassador to Israel tries to bring peace to the Middle East conflict through unconventional methods, but his efforts are hampered at every turn and his personal life threatened.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
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110

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…

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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Caboblanco (1980)

Caboblanco (1980)

Caboblanco (1980)
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87

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 explorer is passed…

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

The Greek Tycoon (1978)

The Greek Tycoon (1978)
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107

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

Genre: Drama
The White Buffalo (1977)

The White Buffalo (1977)

The White Buffalo (1977)
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97

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…

St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives (1976)

St. Ives (1976)
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94

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

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
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105

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…

Genre: Horror, Mystery
Huckleberry Finn (1974)

Huckleberry Finn (1974)

Huckleberry Finn (1974)
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118

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, Huck decides to…

The Chairman (1969)

The Chairman (1969)

The Chairman (1969)
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93

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 micro-sized…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Before Winter Comes (1969)

Before Winter Comes (1969)

Before Winter Comes (1969)
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103

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 military brass enters into a friendly rivalry…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Eye of the Devil (1966)

Eye of the Devil (1966)

Eye of the Devil (1966)
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96

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

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Return from the Ashes (1965)

Return from the Ashes (1965)

Return from the Ashes (1965)
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105

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…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
What a Way to Go! (1964)

What a Way to Go! (1964)

What a Way to Go! (1964)
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111

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.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
I Aim at the Stars (1960)

I Aim at the Stars (1960)

I Aim at the Stars (1960)
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106

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 literally pioneered man’s…

Genre: Drama
North West Frontier (1959)

North West Frontier (1959)

North West Frontier (1959)
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129

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…

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Genre: Adventure, Drama
No Trees in the Street (1959)

No Trees in the Street (1959)

No Trees in the Street (1959)
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96

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 depression….

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Tiger Bay (1959)

Tiger Bay (1959)

Tiger Bay (1959)
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105

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…

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
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125

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…

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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)

Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
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93

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…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Yield to the Night (1956)

Yield to the Night (1956)

Yield to the Night (1956)
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99

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

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Genre: Crime, Drama
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
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85

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 while his first instinct is…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
As Long as They’re Happy (1955)

As Long as They’re Happy (1955)

As Long as They’re Happy (1955)
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91

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 Corrine are in trouble and…

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Genre: Comedy, Music
For Better for Worse (1954)

For Better for Worse (1954)

For Better for Worse (1954)
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85

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 £5.10.0 job and a…

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)

The Weak and the Wicked (1954)

The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
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88

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 first she is overwhelmingly depressed…

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Genre: Drama
The Yellow Balloon (1953)

The Yellow Balloon (1953)

The Yellow Balloon (1953)
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76

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

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)
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78

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.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller