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John Sturges

Highest Rated: 97% Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

Birthday: Jan 3, 1910

Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, USA

Reliable Hollywood craftsman who established his reputation in the mid-1950s with a series of intense, morally charged features such as "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1954) and "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), before moving on to bigger--though not especially better--productions.

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Highest rated movies

97% 87% Bad Day at Black Rock
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94% 95% The Great Escape
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93% 74% Gunga Din
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91% 81% Last Train From Gun Hill
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89% 87% The Magnificent Seven
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88% 52% Hour of the Gun
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87% 69% Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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86% 44% Marooned
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83% 53% The Magnificent Yankee
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80% 54% Joe Kidd
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John Sturges

John Sturges SERGEANTS 3, director John Sturges, Joey Bishop, Frank Sinatra on set, 1962 A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO, from left, standing, Laurence Harvey, director John Sturges, 1963 THE GREAT ESCAPE, from left, Steve McQueen, James Garner, director John Sturges, 1963 THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, from left: cinematographer James Wong Howe, director John Sturges, Spencer Tracy, on set, 1958 tomats1958st-fsct03(tomats1958st-fsct03) GREAT ESCAPE, James Coburn, James Garner, Steve McQueen, John Sturges, 1963 ICE STATION ZEBRA, director John Sturges on set, 1968 View more photos

Filmography

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No Score Yet 36% Chino Director - 1977
71% 68% The Eagle Has Landed Director - 1976
40% 56% McQ Director - 1974
No Score Yet 35% Chino Director - 1973
80% 54% Joe Kidd Director - 1972
86% 44% Marooned Director - 1969
47% 58% Ice Station Zebra Director - 1968
88% 52% Hour of the Gun Director,
Producer 		- 1967
57% 45% The Satan Bug Director,
Producer 		- 1965
33% 65% The Hallelujah Trail Director - 1965
94% 95% The Great Escape Director,
Producer 		- 1963
No Score Yet 31% Sergeants 3 Director - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Girl Named Tamiko Director - 1962
50% 38% By Love Possessed Director - 1961
89% 87% The Magnificent Seven Director,
Producer 		- 1960
91% 81% Last Train From Gun Hill Director - 1959
40% 33% Never So Few Director - 1959
75% 67% The Old Man and the Sea Director - 1958
No Score Yet 60% The Law and Jake Wade Director - 1958
87% 69% Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Director - 1957
No Score Yet 42% Backlash Director - 1956
No Score Yet 40% The Scarlet Coat Director - 1955
97% 87% Bad Day at Black Rock Director - 1955
No Score Yet 13% Underwater! Director - 1955
No Score Yet 54% Escape From Fort Bravo Director - 1953
No Score Yet 37% Jeopardy Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Company Director - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl in White Director - 1952
No Score Yet 25% It's a Big Country Director - 1951
No Score Yet 37% The People Against O'Hara Director - 1951
No Score Yet 63% Kind Lady Director - 1951
83% 53% The Magnificent Yankee Director - 1950
No Score Yet 68% Mystery Street Director - 1950
No Score Yet 10% The Capture Director - 1950
No Score Yet 11% Right Cross Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Walking Hills Director - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Man Wins Director - 1948
No Score Yet 25% The Sign of the Ram Director - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Keeper of the Bees Director - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alias Mr. Twilight Director - 1947
No Score Yet 42% Thunderbolt Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadowed Director - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Dared Director - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scattergood Meets Broadway Film Editing - 1941
93% 74% Gunga Din Film Editing - 1939