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John Sturges

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

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).

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Filmography

2021Steve McQueen: The Lost MovieSelf (archive footage)
2015Steve McQueen: The Man & Le MansSelf (archive footage)
1986The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine HepburnSelf
1976The Eagle Has LandedDirector
1974McQDirector
1973The Valdez HorsesProducer
1972Joe KiddDirector
1969MaroonedDirector
1968Ice Station ZebraDirector
1967Hour of the GunDirector
1965The Hallelujah TrailDirector
1965The Satan BugDirector
1963The Great EscapeDirector
1962A Girl Named TamikoDirector
1962Sergeants 3Director
1961By Love PossessedDirector
1960The Magnificent SevenProducer
1959Never So FewDirector
1959Last Train from Gun HillDirector
1958The Old Man and the SeaDirector
1958The Law and Jake WadeDirector
1958Saddle the WindOther
1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralDirector
1956BacklashDirector
1955The Scarlet CoatDirector
1955Underwater!Director
1955Bad Day at Black RockDirector
1953Escape from Fort BravoDirector
1953Fast CompanyDirector
1953JeopardyDirector
1952The Girl in WhiteDirector
1951It's a Big CountryDirector
1951The People Against O'HaraDirector
1951Kind LadyDirector
1950The Magnificent YankeeDirector
1950Right CrossDirector
1950Mystery StreetDirector
1950The CaptureDirector
1949The Walking HillsDirector
1948Best Man WinsDirector
1948The Sign of the RamDirector
1947ThunderboltDirector
1947Keeper of the BeesDirector
1947For the Love of RustyDirector
1946Alias Mr. TwilightDirector
1946ShadowedDirector
1946The Man Who DaredDirector
1942SyncopationEditor
1941Scattergood Meets BroadwayEditor
1941Tom, Dick and HarryEditor
1940They Knew What They WantedEditor

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