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John Eliot Sturges (/ ˈ s t ɜːr dʒ ɪ s /; January 3, 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director. His films 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).
John Sturges was an American film director, mostly remembered for his outstanding Western films. In 1992, Sturges was awarded a Golden Boot Award for his lifelong contribution to the Western genre. Sturges was born in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area.
1. The Magnificent Seven (1960) Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama. 7.7. Rate. 74 Metascore. Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits. Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach. Votes: 102,096 | Gross: $4.91M. 2.
May 8, 2024 · John Sturges was an American director best known for taut war movies and westerns. His films include such classics as Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and The Great Escape (1963).
Nov 15, 2022 · One of the first and most successful adaptations was John Sturges' " The Magnificent Seven ," which swapped out samurais and the medieval setting of Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" for the Old...
Confronted with a hostile and violent world, the men of John Sturges’s best films—the gunfighters, the servicemen, and the one-armed stranger—responded with courage and determination. And despite Sturges’s casual selfassessment, his skill as a director helped to make them memorable.
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).
