Movies by Director - John Sturges (42 [Missing: 1]) 
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| Alias Mr. TwilightGeoffrey Holden is an elderly conman who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Trudy | 1946 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama | 5.9 (56 votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Man Who Dared, TheA crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry. | 1946 | John Sturges | Adventure,Crime,Drama | 5.6 (60 votes) | 66 | 20211228 |
| ShadowedFred J. Johnson (Lloyd Corrigan) scores a hole-in-one but his next drive, using the lucky, initialed golf ball, soars out of bounds and lands near a spot where some counterfeiters are burying a murder victim. Then begins a series of | 1946 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.0 (227 votes) | 70 | 20220414 |
| For the Love of RustyDanny Mitchell, feeling that he has been misunderstood (nothing new for this kid in this series) by his parents, takes his dog, Rusty, and leaves home, camping out near the trailer of veterinary Dr. Francis Xavier Ray. Gas escapes in | 1947 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama | 5.4 (118 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Keeper of the BeesNA | 1947 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Best Man WinsJim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage. | 1948 | John Sturges | Drama | 5.7 (47 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Sign of the Ram, TheA jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home. | 1948 | John Sturges | Drama,Film-Noir,Thriller | 6.3 (641 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Walking Hills, TheA group of treasure hunters search for a wagon load of gold, buried years before in Death Valley. | 1949 | John Sturges | Adventure,Thriller,Western | 6.5 (822 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Capture, TheA badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament. | 1950 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Western | 5.9 (506 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Magnificent Yankee, TheBiography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes. | 1950 | John Sturges | Biography,Drama | 6.8 (651 votes) | 89 | 20240229 |
| Mystery StreetA small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach. | 1950 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 7.1 (3.1K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Right CrossTwo boxing promoters compete to sign up Mexican-American prizefighter Johnny Monterez who, despite his talent, is ashamed of his heritage and boxes on borrowed time due to a permanent hand injury. | 1950 | John Sturges | Drama,Sport | 6.0 (445 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| It's a Big Country - An American AnthologyThe story, told in eight episodes, covers different facets of the American Spirit, from racial and religious tolerance to the dangers of self-centeredness and myopic reasoning. The parables represent a broad cross-section of the Amer | 1951 | Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, John Sturges, Richard Thorpe, Charles Vidor | Comedy,Drama | 6.1 (592 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Kind LadyMary Herries (Ethel Barrymore) has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One day she meets a strange young painter named Harry Springer Elcott | 1951 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 7.0 (941 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| People Against O'Hara, TheJim Curtayne, formerly a successful defense attorney who is now a recovering alcoholic, attempts a comeback when he defends a neighbor's son facing a homicide charge. | 1951 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.8 (1.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Girl in White, TheA young woman decides to become a doctor at a time when women are not being made welcome in the field of medicine. Eventually, her determination and skills end up earning the respect of her male counterparts. | 1952 | John Sturges | Biography,Drama | 6.8 (405 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Escape from Fort BravoDuring the Civil War, a group of Confederates escapes from the Union POW camp at Fort Bravo but has to contend with the desert, the Mescalero Apaches and the pursuing Union troops. | 1953 | John Sturges | Western | 6.7 (2.7K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Fast CompanyThe temperamental Carol Maldon leaves New York behind to take control of her father's stable, she inherited. Rick Grayton is a horse racing trainer who lucked into training a champ, the horse 'Gay Fleet'. Only nobody knows 'Gay Fleet | 1953 | John Sturges | Comedy | 5.2 (177 votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| JeopardyA family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety. | 1953 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Film-Noir | 6.8 (2K votes) | 69 | 20211228 |
| Bad Day at Black RockA one-armed stranger comes to a tiny town possessing a terrible past they want to keep secret, by violent means if necessary. | 1955 | John Sturges | Crime,Drama,Mystery | 7.7 (21.2K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Scarlet Coat, TheDuring the Revolutionary War, American Major John Boulton feigns desertion in order to uncover a British plot to seize the stronghold of West Point. | 1955 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama,History | 6.3 (669 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| Underwater!Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure. However, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers. | 1955 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama | 5.2 (940 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| BacklashJim Slater seeks a survivor of the Apache ambush his father died in. | 1956 | John Sturges | Drama,Western | 6.6 (1.6K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Gunfight at the O.K. CorralLawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. | 1957 | John Sturges | Biography,Drama,Western | 7.2 (15.3K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Law and Jake Wade, TheMarshal Jake Wade aids outlaw Clint Hollister escape jail but Clint wants to know where Wade hid an old hold-up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang. | 1958 | John Sturges | Western | 6.8 (2.4K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Old Man and the Sea, TheAn old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea. | 1958 | John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann | Adventure,Drama | 7.0 (7.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Last Train From Gun HillA marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife. | 1959 | John Sturges | Western | 7.3 (7.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Never So FewDuring WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma. | 1959 | John Sturges | Drama,War | 5.9 (3.1K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Magnificent Seven, TheSeven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits. | 1960 | John Sturges | Action,Adventure,Drama | 7.7 (92.8K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| By Love PossessedNeurotic woman engages in an affair with the law partner of her impotent husband. | 1961 | John Sturges | Drama,Mystery | 5.4 (555 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Girl Named Tamiko, AA Eurasian photographer uses his women in an attempt to get American nationality. | 1962 | John Sturges | Drama | 5.9 (170 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Sergeants 3Three cavalry officers and a bugler work together to thwart a Native American chief intent on uniting local tribes against the white man. | 1962 | John Sturges | Comedy,Western | 6.0 (1.2K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Great Escape, TheAllied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. | 1963 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama,Thriller | 8.2 (237.9K votes) | 172 | 20211228 |
| Hallelujah Trail, TheOn its way to Denver, a cargo of whiskey destined for the miners, is sought after by the Temperance League, the U.S. Cavalry, the local Indians and the miners themselves. | 1965 | John Sturges | Comedy,Western | 6.6 (3.9K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| Satan Bug, TheA germ that could destroy life on Earth is stolen from a biological warfare lab and the thief threatens to release it into the open, prompting a security officer to act. | 1965 | John Sturges | Crime,Mystery,Sci-Fi | 6.2 (2.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Hour of the GunMarshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday. | 1967 | John Sturges | Drama,Western | 6.7 (3.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Ice Station ZebraUSN nuclear sub USS Tigerfish must rush to the North Pole to rescue the staff of Drift Ice Station Zebra weather station. | 1968 | John Sturges | Adventure,Thriller | 6.6 (11.8K votes) | 148 | 20240229 |
| MaroonedThree American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out? | 1969 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama,Sci-Fi | 5.9 (5.1K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
| Joe KiddAn ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader. | 1972 | John Sturges | Drama,Western | 6.5 (18K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| ChinoA runaway teenager and a mixed-race horse breeder strike an unlikely friendship in the context of common hardships. | 1973 | John Sturges, Duilio Coletti | Action,Adventure,Drama | 6.1 (2.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| McQSeattle cop is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to make right. McQ is a cop with a mission. | 1974 | John Sturges | Action,Crime,Drama | 6.3 (5.1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Eagle Has Landed, TheA German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II. | 1976 | John Sturges | Adventure,Drama,Thriller | 6.9 (21K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |