The Great Escape
1963
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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...
1 Video. 99+ Photos. Action Adventure Drama. Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits. Director. John Sturges. Writers. William Roberts. Akira Kurosawa. Walter Bernstein. Stars. Yul Brynner. Steve McQueen. Charles Bronson. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +2. Add to Watchlist.
Aug 21, 1992 · Aug. 21, 1992 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. John Sturges, one of the last of Hollywood’s old-time action directors, whose triumphs at the box-office confounded critics who tried to dismiss him...
Aug 18, 1992 · 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).
Sturges, John. (b. 3 January 1911 in Oak Park, Illinois; d. 18 August 1992 in San Luis Obispo, California), film director best known for his action films, particularly Westerns. Born John Carne, Sturges was two years old when his parents moved from the Chicago suburb of Oak Park to Santa Monica, California.
The Magnificent Seven, the iconic western by John Sturges, is a celebrated adaptation of the legendary Akira Kurosawa film Seven Samurai, transferred to the wholly-American setting of the Wild West.
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...
