The Great Escape
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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.
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Aug 22, 1992 · John Sturges, the director of action films like "The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape," "Gunfight at the O K Corral" and "Ice Station Zebra," died on Tuesday at French Hospital, near his...
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).
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John Eliot Sturges was an American film director known for his westerns and the taut war movies. Commencing his film career in Hollywood in the early 1930s as an editor he went on to direct several training films and documentaries for the United States Army Air Forces during the ‘Second World War’.
Aug 18, 1992 · John Sturges was an American film director who made classics such as The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven and Ice Station Zebra. Learn more about his life, career and movies on The Movie Database.
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Jan 1, 2009 · Excerpts from Escape Artist: The Life and Time of John Sturges - True West Magazine. by Henry Cabot Beck | Jan 1, 2009 | Western Movies. You have to work backward from Yul Brynner, who would ultimately star as Chris, the leader of the gunfighters, to figure out whose brainstorm the project was.
