THE "GUNS" GO SILENT :

Director J. Lee Thompson Dead (Josh Grossberg, Sep 3, 2002, E! Online)

J. Lee Thompson, the prolific British director who found major success in America behind the camera of such classics as The Guns of Navarone (1961) and the original Cape Fear (1962), died Friday of congestive heart failure. He was 88.

Thompson, whose career spanned four decades and included more than 50 feature films and one Oscar nod, passed away at his family's summer retreat in Sooke, British Columbia, his publicist confirmed Tuesday.

Mr. Thompson's other career highlights include :
The Blue Knight (1975)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) Posted by Orrin Judd at September 3, 2002 8:31 PM