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John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963) and Ice Station Zebra (1968).

John Sturges

John Sturges Biography / Wiki

NameJohn Sturges
Also KnowJohn Elliott Sturges
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthOak Park, Illinois, USA
Date of Birth1910-01-03
Age(as in 2022)82
Deathday1992-08-18

John Sturges Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
Steve McQueen: The Lost MovieHimself (Archival Footage)2021-01-01The story of the abandoned production of ‘Day of the Champion’, a movie about Formula 1 which was set to film in 1966….
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le MansHimself (Archival Footage)2015-05-16Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans interweaves stunning newly discovered footage and voice recordings with original interviews. It is the true story of …
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnHimself1986-03-09In this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a behind-the-scenes look at Spencer Tracy’s personal and profession…
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success StoryHimself (archive footage)2021-01-10In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II….

John Sturges Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Magnificent SevenDirector1960-10-12An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes….
Never So FewDirector1959-12-07A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II….
The Old Man and the SeaDirector1958-10-07Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it …
The Great EscapeDirector1963-06-20The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-secu…
The Eagle Has LandedDirector1976-12-24When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious sc…
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralDirector1957-05-30Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corr…
The Hallelujah TrailDirector1965-06-23A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local …
Hour of the GunDirector1967-11-01Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton’s thugs kill the marshal’s brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp start…
McQDirector1974-01-04Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated dr…
The Satan BugDirector1965-03-26A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The b…
MaroonedDirector1969-12-11After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won’t activate. Af…
JeopardyDirector1953-03-30A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him….
The People Against O’HaraDirector1951-09-01A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client….
Bad Day at Black RockDirector1955-01-13One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, sec…
Last Train from Gun HillDirector1959-07-29A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife….
Joe KiddDirector1972-07-19A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them …
The CaptureDirector1950-04-08A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament….
BacklashDirector1956-03-14Jim Slater’s father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for …
The Law and Jake WadeDirector1958-06-06Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it’s clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, an…
Ice Station ZebraDirector1968-10-23A top-secret Soviet spy satellite — using stolen Western technology — malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arcti…
Sergeants 3Director1962-02-10Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870….
Mystery StreetDirector1950-06-23When a young woman’s skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with…
The Sign of the RamDirector1948-03-03A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged….
It’s a Big CountryDirector1951-11-20Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ best director…
Escape from Fort BravoDirector1953-12-04A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain’s Arizona fort….
For the Love of RustyDirector1947-05-01Danny Mitchell, feeling that he has been misunderstood (nothing new for this kid in this series) by his parents, takes his dog, Rusty, and leaves home…
ChinoDirector1973-09-14Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a ‘half-breed’, he finds himself unw…
ShadowedDirector1946-09-26Fred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a s…
The Magnificent YankeeDirector1950-12-20Director John Sturges’ 1950 film biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes…
Underwater!Director1955-02-09Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers….
By Love PossessedDirector1961-07-19An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband’s law partner….
Kind LadyDirector1951-06-20Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One d…
A Girl Named TamikoDirector1962-12-27A photographer (Laurence Harvey) based in Tokyo, who’s in love with local beauty Tamiko (France Nuyen), begins to court an embassy official (Martha Hy…
The Scarlet CoatDirector1955-07-29An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor….
The Girl in WhiteDirector1952-05-23The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they…
Right CrossDirector1950-10-06A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager’s daughter and her Mexican-American boxer….
The Walking HillsDirector1949-03-05A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley….
Keeper of the BeesDirector1947-07-10Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie fa…
Alias Mr. TwilightDirector1946-12-24Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter (Gigi Perreau) with the simpl…
The Man Who DaredDirector1946-05-30A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based…
Fast CompanyDirector1953-05-21The temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father’s stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer wh…
ThunderboltDirector1947-07-26Documentary about the U.S. Air Force’s P-47 Thunderbolt bomber’s role in the Italian Campaign….
Best Man WinsDirector1948-05-06Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else’s frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog …
Saddle the WindOther1958-03-20Steve Sinclair is a world a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives…
DirectorEleven heart pounding WWII films, more than five hours of vintage content in one definitive collection. WWII: Air War contains 11 remarkable documenta…

John Sturges Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Magnificent SevenProducer1960-10-12An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes….
The Great EscapeProducer1963-06-20The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-secu…
The Satan BugProducer1965-03-26A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The b…
ChinoProducer1973-09-14Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a ‘half-breed’, he finds himself unw…
Hour of the GunProducer1967-11-01Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton’s thugs kill the marshal’s brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp start…
The Hallelujah TrailProducer1965-06-23A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local …

Other Info

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Tom, Dick and HarryEditor1941-06-13Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. …
Scattergood Meets BroadwayEditor1941-08-22Scattergood finds out that his neighbor, Elly Drew, is going to sell her home to support her son David, an aspiring playwright, who is in New York Cit…

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