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    Woman in a Dressing Gown 1957 POSTER

    Woman in a Dressing Gown

    1957

    English

    7.2

    4

    79%

    87%

    Action

    desertion

    divorce

    Drama

    extramarital affair

    Romance

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Marianne Stone Marianne Stone as Hairdresser Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle as Jim Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes as Newsboy Michael Ripper Michael Ripper as Pawnbroker
    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.
    Cabo Blanco 1980 POSTER

    Cabo Blanco

    1980

    English

    5.3

    3

    Action

    Adventure

    caboblanco peru

    Crime

    Drama

    expatriate

    peru

    Romance

    sunken treasure

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Gerardo Zepeda Gerardo Zepeda as Canero Gilbert Roland Gilbert Roland as Dr. Ramirez Charles Bronson Charles Bronson as Giff Hoyt Fernando Rey Fernando Rey as Terredo
    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 off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.
    Tiger Bay 1959 POSTER

    Tiger Bay

    1959

    English

    7.5

    5

    78%

    84%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    merchant marine

    murder

    Thriller

    tomboy

    unfaithful girlfriend

    wales

    witness to murder

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Hayley Mills Hayley Mills as Gillie Marianne Stone Marianne Stone as Mrs. Williams Meredith Edwards Meredith Edwards as P.C. Williams Michael Anderson Jr. Michael Anderson Jr. as Youth
    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.
    Ice Cold in Alex 1958 POSTER

    Ice Cold in Alex

    1958

    English

    7.7

    5

    94%

    94%

    Adventure

    ambulance

    beer

    desert

    Drama

    land mine

    spy

    War

    world war ii

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Walter Gotell Walter Gotell as 1st German Officer Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle as Captain van der Poel David Lodge David Lodge as C.M.P. Captain Richard Marner Richard Marner as German Guard
    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.
    St. Ives 1976 POSTER

    St. Ives

    1976

    English

    6.2

    12

    36%

    38%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    gunfight

    machine gun

    Mystery

    shootout

    swimming pool

    Thriller

    writer

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell as Dr. John Constable Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum as Hood #3 Daniel J. Travanti Daniel J. Travanti as Johnny Parisi Dana Elcar Dana Elcar as Lt. Charles Blunt
    A dabbler-in-crime and his assistant hire an ex-police reporter to recover some stolen papers.
    Yield to the Night 1956 POSTER

    Yield to the Night

    1956

    English

    7.1

    8

    65%

    65%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    cheating

    Crime

    death penalty

    Drama

    guard

    narration

    noir

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Geoffrey Keen Geoffrey Keen as Chaplain Diana Dors Diana Dors as Mary Hilton Marianne Stone Marianne Stone as Richardson Michael Ripper Michael Ripper as Roy
    Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
    Return from the Ashes 1965 POSTER

    Return from the Ashes

    1965

    English

    7.0

    1

    75%

    75%

    Crime

    Drama

    gigolo

    Mystery

    Thriller

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director André Maranne André Maranne as 2nd Detective Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff as Man breaking up nightclub fight Vladek Sheybal Vladek Sheybal as Paul, Chess Club Manager Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell as Stanislaus Pilgrin
    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.
    Young and Willing 1954 POSTER

    Young and Willing

    1954

    English

    6.4

    11

    Crime

    Drama

    women's prison

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Diana Dors Diana Dors as Betty Brown Jean Anderson Jean Anderson as Policewoman in Court Bessie Love Bessie Love as Prisoner Sandra Dorne Sandra Dorne as Stella
    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 by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
    No Trees in the Street 1959 POSTER

    No Trees in the Street

    1959

    English

    6.0

    3

    Crime

    Drama

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Edwin Richfield Edwin Richfield as Jackie Stanley Holloway Stanley Holloway as Kipper Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Man Placing Bet Marianne Stone Marianne Stone as Mrs. Jokel
    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. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
    10 to Midnight 1983 POSTER

    10 to Midnight

    1983

    English

    6.3

    14

    40%

    52%

    Action

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    murder

    police

    revenge

    Thriller

    victim

    villain

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Wilford Brimley Wilford Brimley as Captain Malone Carmen Filpi Carmen Filpi as Hotel Clerk Charles Bronson Charles Bronson as Leo Kessler Robert F. Lyons Robert F. Lyons as Nathan Zager
    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.
    I Aim at the Stars 1960 POSTER

    I Aim at the Stars

    1960

    English

    6.2

    3

    Biography

    Drama

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Hans Schumm Hans Schumm as Baron von Braun Eduard Linkers Eduard Linkers as Minor Role Hayden Rorke Hayden Rorke as U.S. Army Major Curd Jürgens Curd Jürgens as Wernher von Braun
    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 adventure into space through his rocket experiments; his was the brain behind the V-2 rockets which blasted London in World War II; his was also the brain which led America into the development and the launching of space satellites.
    Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects 1989 POSTER

    Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

    1989

    English

    5.5

    20

    35%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    eating non food

    rape

    Thriller

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Alex Hyde-White Alex Hyde-White as English Instructor Bill McKinney Bill McKinney as Father Burke Charles Bronson Charles Bronson as Lieutenant Crowe Danny Trejo Danny Trejo as Prison Inmate
    A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
    The Ambassador 1984 POSTER

    The Ambassador

    1984

    English

    5.3

    2

    33%

    33%

    Action

    ambassador

    Drama

    israel

    palestine

    plo

    plo terrorist group

    Thriller

    War

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn as Alex Hacker Donald Pleasence Donald Pleasence as Minister Eretz Robert Mitchum Robert Mitchum as Peter Hacker Yitzhak Ne'eman Yitzhak Ne'eman as Saika Soldier #4
    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.
    Battle for the Planet of the Apes 1973 POSTER

    Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    1973

    English

    5.4

    58

    33%

    30%

    Action

    ape

    dystopia

    post-apocalyptic future

    Sci-Fi

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Noah Keen Noah Keen as Abe the teacher Roddy McDowall Roddy McDowall as Caesar / Cornelius Colleen Camp Colleen Camp as Julie - Lisa's Servant Paul Stevens Paul Stevens as Mendez
    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.
    Cape Fear 1962 POSTER

    Cape Fear

    1962

    English

    7.7

    23

    88%

    86%

    Action

    boat

    Drama

    ex-detainee

    noir

    poison

    psychopath

    small town

    Thriller

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Mack Williams Mack Williams as Dr. Lowney Martin Balsam Martin Balsam as Police Chief Mark Dutton Telly Savalas Telly Savalas as Private Detective Charles Sievers Gregory Peck Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden
    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.
    Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 1987 POSTER

    Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

    1987

    English

    5.5

    15

    25%

    40%

    Action

    anti hero

    Crime

    Drama

    gangster

    hospital

    police

    revenge

    Thriller

    vigilante

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director Danny Trejo Danny Trejo as Art Sanella Perry Lopez Perry Lopez as Ed Zacharias John P. Ryan John P. Ryan as Nathan White Charles Bronson Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey
    After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel.
    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes 1972 POSTER

    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

    1972

    English

    6.1

    54

    52%

    46%

    Action

    ape

    army

    circus

    dystopia

    insurrection

    pet

    Sci-Fi

    J. Lee Thompson J. Lee Thompson Director John Randolph John Randolph as Commission Chairman William Bryant William Bryant as Man at Auction William Bassett William Bassett as Mr. Pine - Governor Breck's assistant John Dennis John Dennis as Policeman
    In a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, a chimpanzee named Caesar resurfaces after almost twenty years of hiding from the authorities, and prepares for a revolt against humanity.
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