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John Sturges

Film Director / Film Producer | * 01/03/1910 († 82, 08/18/1992) | Oak Park, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
John Eliot Sturges (January 3, 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director. His films 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). In 2013, The Magnificent Seven and 2018, Bad Day at Black Rock were selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Western | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. ...

The Magnificent Seven

NR

1960 | 3.8/5 | 2h 8min
Western, Action, Adventure
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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder ...

The Great Escape

NR

1963 | 4.0/5 | 2h 53min
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. ...

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

NR

1957 | 3.5/5 | 2h 2min
Western
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One-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, secrecy, and murder. ...

Bad Day at Black Rock

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1955 | 3.7/5 | 1h 21min
Thriller, Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for John Sturges

National Board of Review Award for Best Film Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Director
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Movies with John Sturges as Actor(4)

as Himself (archive footage)2021 Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
as Self (archive footage)2021 Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie
as Self (archive footage)2015 Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
as himself1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Movies with John Sturges as Crew(54)

Directing/Director1976 The Eagle Has Landed
Directing/Director1974 McQ
Directing/Director1973 Chino
Production/Producer1973 Chino
Directing/Director1972 Joe Kidd
Directing/Director1969 Marooned
Directing/Director1968 Ice Station Zebra
Directing/Director1967 Hour of the Gun
Production/Producer1967 Hour of the Gun
Directing/Director1965 The Satan Bug
Production/Producer1965 The Satan Bug
Directing/Director1965 The Hallelujah Trail
Production/Producer1965 The Hallelujah Trail
Directing/Director1963 The Great Escape
Production/Producer1963 The Great Escape
Directing/Director1962 A Girl Named Tamiko
Directing/Director1962 Sergeants 3
Directing/Director1961 By Love Possessed
Directing/Director1960 The Magnificent Seven
Production/Producer1960 The Magnificent Seven
Directing/Director1959 Never So Few
Directing/Director1959 Last Train from Gun Hill
Directing/Other1958 Saddle the Wind
Directing/Director1958 The Old Man and the Sea
Directing/Director1958 The Law and Jake Wade
Directing/Director1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Directing/Director1956 Backlash
Directing/Director1955 Underwater!
Directing/Director1955 The Scarlet Coat
Directing/Director1955 Bad Day at Black Rock
Directing/Director1953 Jeopardy
Directing/Director1953 Fast Company
Directing/Director1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
Directing/Director1952 The Girl in White
Directing/Director1951 It's a Big Country
Directing/Director1951 Kind Lady
Directing/Director1951 The People Against O'Hara
Directing/Director1950 Mystery Street
Directing/Director1950 The Magnificent Yankee
Directing/Director1950 Right Cross
Directing/Director1950 The Capture
Directing/Director1949 The Walking Hills
Directing/Director1948 Best Man Wins
Directing/Director1948 The Sign of the Ram
Directing/Director1947 Keeper of the Bees
Directing/Director1947 Thunderbolt
Directing/Director1947 For the Love of Rusty
Directing/Director1946 The Man Who Dared
Directing/Director1946 Shadowed
Directing/Director1946 Alias Mr. Twilight
Editing/Editor1942 Syncopation
Editing/Editor1941 Tom, Dick and Harry
Editing/Editor1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
Editing/Editor1940 They Knew What They Wanted

Full Name: John Sturges
Born: Monday, 01/03 1910 (January) in Oak Park, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 08/18 1992 (August) in San Luis Obispo (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for John Sturges (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"John Elliott Sturges"
John Sturges frequently works together with these people:
Ferris Webster (14x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (7x, Crew)
Elmer Bernstein (7x, Crew)
Dimitri Tiomkin (7x, Crew)
John Franco (6x, Crew)
David Raksin (6x, Crew)
Charles Bronson (5x, Actor)
Steve McQueen (5x, Actor)
Edwin B. Willis (5x, Crew)
Allen K. Wood (5x, Crew)
Armand Deutsch (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2053, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024