John Sturges

John Sturges

January 3, 1910 · 116 years old

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).

Known For

18 titles
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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

1963 · 2h 52m · Movie

Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.

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The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

1960 · 2h 8m · Movie

Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.

7.7
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The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

1976 · 2h 3m · Movie

A German plot to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

6.9
4
Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

1955 · 1h 21m · Movie

Following World War II, a one-armed stranger arrives in a tiny California desert town, but finds the residents hostile and protecting a terrible secret they want to keep hidden, by violent means if necessary.

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5
Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd

1972 · 1h 28m · Movie

An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 · 2h 2m · Movie

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.

7.1
7
The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

1958 · 1h 26m · Movie

An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.

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Marooned

Marooned

1969 · 2h 14m · Movie

Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?

5.9
9
Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

1967 · 1h 40m · Movie

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

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10
Mystery Street

Mystery Street

1950 · 1h 33m · Movie

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

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Never So Few

Never So Few

1959 · 2h 5m · Movie

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

5.8
12
The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

1965 · 1h 54m · Movie

A germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open prompting world-wide manhunt.

6.1
13
Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953 · 1h 39m · Movie

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.

6.6
14
The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

1958 · 1h 26m · Movie

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.

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Backlash

Backlash

1956 · 1h 24m · Movie

Jim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in.

6.6
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Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

2015 · 1h 42m · Movie

This Cannes-selected documentary reveals the true story behind the infamously troubled film shoot that nearly destroyed the career of Hollywood icon Steve McQueen.

6.8
17
The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills

1949 · 1h 18m · Movie

A group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley.

6.5
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The Capture

The Capture

1950 · 1h 31m · Movie

A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.

5.9
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