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J. Lee Thompson

Age: 88

British director who earned fame on these shores for Guns of Navarone, which was nominated for seven Oscars. His other credits include Cape Fear.

Died: Los Angeles, Aug. 30, 2002

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Flame Over India - Starring Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom, Wilfrid Hyde-White, I.S. Johar
Cape Fear (1962) - Starring Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, Lori Martin

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