Movies directed by J. Lee Thompson

For Better, for Worse (1954)

85 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Movie Review - For Better, for Worse (1954) Dirk Bogarde and Susan Stephen star as a newly married couple who learn that there is no such thing as wedded bliss when all they can afford is a tiny apartment with interfering nei...

Yield to the Night (1956)

99 mins     Drama      

Movie Review - Yield to the Night (1956) Diana Dors star as Mary Hilton who thought she had met the right man but when he cheated on her, like all the others, she snapped and murdered his lover...

Ice Cold in Alex (1958)

129 mins     Adventure , Drama, War      

I think it was back in 2000 when I first watched "Ice Cold in Alex" and for a movie which then was over 40 years old I was impressed. Yet since then I have watched it a few times and each time I am not only equally as impress...

North West Frontier (1959)

129 mins     Drama      

"North West Frontier" or "Flame Over India" or even "Empress of India" as it is also known, yes this movie has 3 different titles, was co-written by Patrick Ford, the son of legendary director John Ford. Why do I mention this...

Tiger Bay (1959)

105 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

"Tiger Bay" is most noted for featuring the movie debut of Hayley Mills and what a great debut it is with the young Mills not only working alongside her father but also having great chemistry with co-star Horst Buchholz. Iron...

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

158 mins     Action , Adventure , Drama, War      

I've said it before and will undoubtedly say it again but they don't make them like they use to. "The Guns of Navarone" is an almost perfect example of how you take what is a simple storyline, layer it up with action, tension...

MacKenna's Gold (1969)

128 mins     Western      

There is a saying which goes "All that glitters is not gold" and what a perfect description of 60s western "MacKenna's Gold". Here we have a western which should work, alongside the leads of Gregory peck and Omar Sharif there...

King Solomon's Mines (1985)

100 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

Interesting fact the 1985 adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's novel "King Solomon's Mines" came 100 years after his story was published and for many it is the story which helped define the adventure/ lost world movie. But sadly ...

Firewalker (1986)

104 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

I wish I had watched "Firewalker" back in the 80s as back then things such as storyline, believability of action and all those things I want in a movie now would not have bothered me. But as such having watched "Firewalker" f...