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John Sturges - what members say


  • Joe Kidd
  • Joe Kidd review by Beacon97 from Wales, UK.
    Rated - 2 stars Missfire Western 10 September 2004
    ...Considering the talent involved - Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall and director John Sturges (Magnificent 7 & Great Escape) this should be a secure bet. But it plods, amblin a...  
  • Ice Station Zebra
  • Ice Station Zebra review by from Manchester
    Rated - 3 stars You say Zebra, I say Zeebra 4 June 2005
    ...page-turning novelist Alistair MacLean, and the crisp, muscular action director John Sturges. None of MacLean's novels are classics, and few of Sturges' films are unalloyed...  
  • Last Train From Gun Hill
  • Last Train From Gun Hill review by A customer from Whitley Bay
    Rated - 4 stars Classic Western 8 September 2005
    ... This is an excellent Western, directed by John Sturges, who also made 'The Magnificent 7','The Great Escape', 'Bad Day at Black Rock' and 'Gunfight At the OK Corral'. ...  

John Sturges - filmography


  • Chino on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Jill Ireland,  Vincent Van Patten
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In New Mexico, circa 1880, a lonesome rancher named Chino decides he's ready to have a family. First he adopts a teenage boy, then goes searching for a spouse. But when Chino meets the love of his life, there's no fairy tale ending. That's because the woman's brother is willing to do anything to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 89 members
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  • Joe Kidd on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Robert Duvall,  John Saxon
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Clint Eastwood stars as the title character in this low-key, moderately politicised variation of his spaghetti westerns. In New Mexico in the late 1890s, the fiery Louis Chama (John Saxon) leads a group of Mexican-American peasants in a fight for their land after the evidence of their ownership has ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,557 member
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  • Marooned on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Gregory Peck,  Richard Crenna,  David Janssen
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Gregory Peck stars as Charles Keith, the ground-based supervisor of a crew of astronauts led by mission commander Jim Pruett (Richard Crenna) conducting a series of endurance tests while in space. When Keith orders the ship to reenter earth's atmosphere, their craft experiences a mechanical problem,..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 225 members
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  • Hour Of The Gun on DVD (1967)
    Starring: James Garner,  Jason Robards,  Robert Ryan
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marshall Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshall's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 101 members
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  • The Great Escape on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Steve McQueen,  Charles Bronson,  James Garner
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 22,631 members
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  • The Old Man and the Sea on DVD (1958)
    Starring: Spencer Tracy,  Felipe Pazos,  Harry Bellaver
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The classic adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer-Prize winning novel starring Spencer Tracy. Simple and allegorical film tells of a fisherman who catches a magnificent marlin and must defy the sea and its dangers to bring his catch home safely.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 208 members
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John Sturges - watch online


  • Last Train From Gun Hill to Watch Now (1959)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Anthony Quinn,  Carolyn Jones
    Director: John Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 94 minutes
    The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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John Sturges facts

5 most recent films

The Eagle Has Landed - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Chino - 2.5 stars
The Eagle Has Landed - 3.5 stars
Valdez Horses - 2.5 stars
Joe Kidd - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bad Day At Black Rock - 4.0 stars
The Great Escape - 4.0 stars
The Magnificent Seven - 3.5 stars
Gunfight At The OK Corral - 3.5 stars
The Eagle Has Landed - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Backlash - 3.0 stars
Chino - 2.5 stars
Marooned - 2.5 stars
Valdez Horses - 2.5 stars
Never So Few - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Charles Bronson - 5 times - show films
Donald Pleasence - 4 times - show films
Robert Duvall - 3 times - show films
Steve McQueen - 3 times - show films
Earl Holliman - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Dulio Coletti - 1 times - show films