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From: leeper@ahutb.UUCP (m.r.leeper)
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Subject: Re: Regarding the (virtually) unknown director, J. Lee Thompson
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Date: Sun, 7-Apr-85 17:10:13 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  7 17:10:13 1985
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You learn such interesting things on the net.  I never realized that J.
Lee-Thompson and CAPE FEAR were virtually unknown.  I always thought
that both were pretty well known. :-)  I couldn't give you a Thompson
filmography off the top of my head, but with the help of Katz's
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM here is a list of his films that sound familiar to
me:

AN ALLIGATOR NAMED DAISY ('55),
TIGER BAY ('59),
FLAME OVER INDIA('59),
I AIM AT THE STARS ('60), bio of Werner Von Braun starring Curt Jergens
GUNS OF NAVARONE ('61),
CAPE FEAR ('62),
TARAS BULBA ('62) empty but fun film with Brynner and Curtis as Cossacks
KINGS OF THE SUN ('63),  I think this one is about Mayans
WHAT A WAY TO GO ('64),  Shirley Maclane vehicle
JOHN GOLDFARB PLEASE COME HOME ('65), Fuss was made over its sex. Blah.
RETURN FROM THE ASHES ('65),
EYE OF THE DEVIL ('67),  atmospheric horror about blood sacrafice
THE CHAIRMAN ('69), Gregory Peck in China with bomb in his head
MACKENNA'A GOLD ('69),
BROTHERLY LOVE ('70), Really dull and bad Peter O'toole incest film
CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES ('72), ok kid's film
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES ('73), ok kid's film
HUCKLEBERRY FINN ('74),
REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD ('76), so-so horror
WHITE BUFFALO ('77), Dino DiLaurentiis western/monster film
THE GREEK TYCOON ('78),
CABO BLANCO ('79),
TEN TO MIDNIGHT ('83) just recently on cable

Not meaning to sound snide, but Lee-Thompson is quite well-known.  Most
of his stuff is just not that much like CAPE FEAR and GUNS OF
NAVARONE.

				Mark Leeper
				...ihnp4!ahutb!leeper