John Sturges

Known for: Directing
Born: January 3, 1910, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Died: August 18, 1992
Movies: 46

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).

Best-Known Movies

7.9

The Great Escape

1963

7.5

The Magnificent Seven

1960

7.3

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

6.4

Joe Kidd

1972

7.0

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

6.6

The Eagle Has Landed

1976

7.1

Last Train from Gun Hill

1959

6.4

Ice Station Zebra

1968

6.5

The Old Man and the Sea

1958

5.9

Marooned

1969

Filmography

2021	Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie	Self (archive footage)
2015	Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans	Self (archive footage)
1986	The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn	Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

1976	The Eagle Has Landed	Director
1974	McQ	Director
1973	The Valdez Horses	Producer, Director
1972	Joe Kidd	Director
1969	Marooned	Director
1968	Ice Station Zebra	Director
1967	Hour of the Gun	Director, Producer
1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Director, Producer
1965	The Satan Bug	Director, Producer
1963	The Great Escape	Director, Producer
1962	A Girl Named Tamiko	Director
1962	Sergeants 3	Director
1961	By Love Possessed	Director
1960	The Magnificent Seven	Producer, Director
1959	Never So Few	Director
1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Director
1958	The Old Man and the Sea	Director
1958	The Law and Jake Wade	Director
1957	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	Director
1956	Backlash	Director
1955	The Scarlet Coat	Director
1955	Underwater!	Director
1955	Bad Day at Black Rock	Director
1953	Escape from Fort Bravo	Director
1953	Fast Company	Director
1953	Jeopardy	Director
1952	The Girl in White	Director
1951	It's a Big Country	Director
1951	The People Against O'Hara	Director
1951	Kind Lady	Director
1950	The Magnificent Yankee	Director
1950	Right Cross	Director
1950	Mystery Street	Director
1950	The Capture	Director
1949	The Walking Hills	Director
1948	Best Man Wins	Director
1948	The Sign of the Ram	Director
1947	Thunderbolt	Director
1947	Keeper of the Bees	Director
1947	For the Love of Rusty	Director
1946	Alias Mr. Twilight	Director
1946	Shadowed	Director
1946	The Man Who Dared	Director

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