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Multi-talented figure from the stage who landed his first screen role in 1935. A competent technician, Thompson made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to produce a considerable volume of British and American features, notably "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "Cape Fear" (1962). Thompson has also directed nine Charles Bronson vehicles.

Multi-talented figure from the stage who landed his first screen role in 1935. A competent technician, Thompson made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to produce a considerable volume of British and American features, notably "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "Cape Fear" (1962). Thompson has also directed nine Charles Bronson vehicles.

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DIRECTOR:

1.
  Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989) Director
2.
  Messenger Of Death (1988) Director
3.
  Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) Director
4.
  Murphy's Law (1986) Director
5.
  Firewalker (1986) Director
6.
  King Solomon's Mines (1985) Director
7.
  Ambassador, The (1984) Director
8.
  Evil That Men Do, The (1984) Director
9.
  10 To Midnight (1983) Director
10.
  Code Red (1981) Director

CAST: (feature film)

1.
 Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988)
2.
 Anthony Quinn (1990)
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Wrote first play while still at school; had two plays produced in London before he was 20
1931:
Acted with the Nottingham Repertory Company
1934:
Turned to screenwriting
1936:
First screenplay, "The Middle Watch"
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Served as a radar operator with the RAF in WWII
1950:
Directed first feature, "Murder Without Crime"
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