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John Sturges

John Sturges

Director · 1910–1992 · Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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Biography

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).

Directed 44

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958
  3. The Law and Jake Wade

    Director

  4. Saddle the Wind

    Other

  5. 1957
  6. 1956

    Backlash

    Director

  7. 1955

    The Scarlet Coat

    Director

  8. Underwater!

    Director

  9. 1953
  10. Fast Company

    Director

  11. 1952

    The Girl in White

    Director

  12. 1951

    It's a Big Country

    Director

  13. The People Against O'Hara

    Director

  14. Kind Lady

    Director

  15. 1950

    The Magnificent Yankee

    Director

  16. Right Cross

    Director

  17. The Capture

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Walking Hills

    Director

  2. 1948

    Best Man Wins

    Director

  3. The Sign of the Ram

    Director

  4. 1947
  5. Keeper of the Bees

    Director

  6. For the Love of Rusty

    Director

  7. 1946

    Alias Mr. Twilight

    Director

  8. Shadowed

    Director

  9. The Man Who Dared

    Director

Produced 6

Edited 4

1940s

  1. 1942

    Syncopation

    Editor

  2. 1941

    Scattergood Meets Broadway

    Editor

  3. Tom, Dick and Harry

    Editor

  4. 1940

    They Knew What They Wanted

    Editor

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2021

    Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2015

    Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1986

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    Self