John Sturges

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Act of Violence (w/ Mystery Street) (1949-1950): Dir. Fred Zinnemann, John Sturges
Feat. Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh…; Van Heflin's blissful small–town existence is upended when a returning WWII–vet arrives, determined to settle an old score. Disturbingly…
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Lee Marvin…; An unflappable Spencer Tracy arrives in a desolate town to investigate a dormant missing–persons report, but the surly locals don't take to…
Backlash (1956): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell…; Richard Widmark and Donna Reed play the tough–talkin', rootin–tootin leads in this gritty horse opera, as they both seek vengeance for…
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming; The legendary Doc Holliday–Wyatt Earp clash with the Clayton gang with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in the leading spurs. A textbook Western.
Old Man and the Sea, The (1958): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Spencer Tracy; Spencer Tracey excels in this faithful adaptation of Hemingway’s famous novel, as an aging fisherman who carries on a lengthy duel with the forces…
Law and Jake Wade, The (1958): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Robert Taylor, Richard Widmark, Patricia Owens…; Western from director John Sturges (THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN) about a reformed town marshal whose old criminal partner starts stalking him while he's on…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones…; Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
Magnificent Seven, The (1960): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson…; Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson head other famous faces–to–be in this popular remake of Kurosawa's THE SEVEN SAMURAI.
By Love Possessed (1961): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards Jr.…; Junky drama set in picture perfect New England town centres on the insipid lives and loves of its inhabitants. Sub–Sirkian melodrama has its…
Great Escape, The (1963): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough…; McQueen heads a star–studded international cast in this superb drama based on a true account of an escape from a German POW camp by a group of…
Satan Bug, The (1964): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Alistair Maclean, Richard Basehart; Set in a hushed desert landscape of secret government laboratories and ominous rock–formations, this Cold War paranoia–thriller…
Hallelujah Trail, The (1965): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence…; Unusual western adventure about a wagon train of whisky that becomes the target of the US cavalry, the Temperance League and local Indians. Overlong…
Hour of the Gun (1967): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. James Garner, Jason Robards Jr., Robert Ryan…; Slowburning, melancholic revenge flick follows on from the events of Gunfight at the O.K Corral, with Garner as Wyatt Earp wrecking vengeance on the…
Ice Station Zebra (1968): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan, Ernest Borgnine; Good old–fashioned Cold War intrigue based on the Alistair Maclean novel. An all–bloke ensemble battle against human and natural force,…
Marooned (Space Travelers) (1969): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, Gregory Peck…; An excellent outer space thriller which proffers an APOLLO 13–like situation of NASA astronauts being stuck in orbit, while the Earthbound…
Joe Kidd (1972): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon…; An amoral Clint Eastwood gets involved in a range fued between land baron Robert Duvall and Mexican settlers. Despite a screenplay by Elmore Leonard,…
Chino (1973): Dir. John Sturges, Duilio Coletti
Feat. Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marcel Bozzuffi…; Downbeat western casts a melancholic eye on the plight of a half Indian horse breeder and his struggles in face of racist townsfolk. Almost a…
McQ (1974): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur…; John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
Eagle Has Landed, The (1977): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall; German commandos plot to assasinate Winston Churchill in this suspenseful thriller, apparently based on fact. Michael Caine, strangely plausible as a…

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