John Lemont (1914–2004) was a Canadian-born film and television director. He worked primarily in British television from 1954 to 1962, directing such TV series as ''Sir Francis Drake'', ''Sixpenny Corner'' and ''The Errol Flynn Theater'' among others. He is known to science-fiction film fans as the director of the 1961 Herman Cohen film ''Konga''.
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Selected filmography
* ''The Green Carnation
''The Green Carnation'' is a novel by Robert Hichens that was first published anonymously in 1894. A satire on contemporary champions of the Aesthetic Movement, it was withdrawn briefly after the scandal of the Oscar Wilde trial in the foll ...
'' (1954)
* '' The Shakedown'' (1960)
* '' And Women Shall Weep'' (1960) Lemont co-wrote the script
* ''The Frightened City
''The Frightened City'' is a 1961 British neo-noir gangster film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Herbert Lom, John Gregson and a pre-Bond Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He ...
'' (1961) starred Herbert Lom and Sean Connery
* ''Konga
Konga () is a locality situated in Tingsryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of ...
'' (1961) produced in England by Herman Cohen
Herman Cohen (August 27, 1925 – June 2, 2002) was an American producer of B-movies during the 1950s, and helped to popularize the teen horror movie genre with films like the cult classic ''I Was a Teenage Werewolf''.
Career
Born in Detroit, ...
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1914 births
2004 deaths
Canadian television directors
Film directors from Toronto
Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
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