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John Sturges
Director 1910 - 1992

John Sturges

Oak Park, Illinois, USA

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 Films

Every film this person directed

29 titles
The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

John Sturges 1976 2h 15m 7.6

When 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 scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Der Führer.

McQ

McQ

John Sturges 1974 1h 51m 4.0

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

Valdez il mezzosangue

Valdez il mezzosangue

John Sturges, Duilio Coletti 1973 1h 38m 6.0

A runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships.

Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd

John Sturges 1972 1h 28m 5.5

A 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 to use force to regain their land. A wealthy landowner wanting the same decides to hire a gang of killers with Joe Kidd to track Chama.

Marooned

Marooned

John Sturges 1969 2h 14m 6.8

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue.

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra

John Sturges 1968 2h 29m 5.7

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals before falling silent. The atomic submarine Tigerfish, commanded by Cmdr.

Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

John Sturges 1967 1h 40m 5.5

Marshal 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 starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

John Sturges 1965 1h 54m 5.0

The Satan Bug (1965) is a science fiction film in which a 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 big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

John Sturges 1965 2h 45m 5.5

A 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 Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

John Sturges 1963 2h 53m 8.3

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates them to a high-security "escape-proof" camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Sergeants 3

Sergeants 3

John Sturges 1962 1h 52m

Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

John Sturges 1960 2h 8m 7.9

The Magnificent Seven is a western film from John Sturges and a remake of the Akira Kurosawa's film The Seven Samurai from 1954.

Never So Few

Never So Few

John Sturges 1959 2h 5m 5.5

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

John Sturges 1959 1h 38m 6.7

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

John Sturges 1958 1h 26m 7.0

Based on one of Hemingway's most famous works, it centers upon Santiago, an aging, down on his luck Cuban fisherman. After catching nothing for nearly 3 months, he hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.

The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

John Sturges 1958 1h 26m 7.5

Marshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang.

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

John Sturges 1957 2h 3m 7.5

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.

Backlash

Backlash

John Sturges 1956 1h 24m 7.5

Jim 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 help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission.

Underwater!

Underwater!

John Sturges 1955 1h 39m 7.0

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

John Sturges 1955 1h 21m 7.6

A one handed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary.

Jeopardy

Jeopardy

John Sturges 1953 1h 9m 7.5

A 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.

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

John Sturges 1953 1h 39m 8.0

During the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops.

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara

John Sturges 1951 1h 42m

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

Kind Lady

Kind Lady

John Sturges 1951 1h 18m

Mary 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 day she meets a strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life. Little does she expect that his only interest in Mary is to covet everything she has.

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee

John Sturges 1950 1h 20m

Director John Sturges' 1950 film biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes stars Louis Calhern, Ann Harding.and Richard Anderson.

Right Cross

Right Cross

John Sturges 1950 1h 30m 5.0

Two boxing promoters compete to sign up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury.

Mystery Street

Mystery Street

John Sturges 1950 1h 33m 7.0

When the skeletal remains of a pregnant prostitute turn up on a Massachusetts beach the Barnstable cop Peter Morales (Montalban) teams up with Boston police and uses forensics with the help of Dr. McAdoo, a Harvard doctor (Bennett), to figure out who the woman is. The cop then tries to figure out how she died and, later, who killed her.

The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills

John Sturges 1949 1h 18m

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram

John Sturges 1948 1h 24m

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

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