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John Eliot Sturges (January 3, 1910–August 18, 1992) was an American film director and producer.

After working as a film editor and directing documentaries during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he began directing feature films for Creator/ColumbiaPictures, mainly [[BMovie B-Movies]] and FilmNoir.

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John Eliot Sturges (January 3, 1910–August 1910 – August 18, 1992) was an American film director and producer.

After working as a film editor and directing documentaries during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he made his feature directorial debut in 1946 with ''The Man Who Dared'', and subsequently began directing feature films for Creator/ColumbiaPictures, mainly [[BMovie B-Movies]] and FilmNoir.FilmNoir.

He is best known, however, for his work in the {{Western}} and [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war movie]] genres, and during TheFifties and TheSixties directed some of the most successful and iconic examples of both.

He considered the high point of his professional career to have been when Creator/AkiraKurosawa expressed his approval and love for ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'', Sturges' 1960 remake of Kurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai''.



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John Eliot Sturges (January 3, 1910–August 18, 1992) was an American film director and producer.

After working as a film editor and directing documentaries during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he began directing feature films for Creator/ColumbiaPictures, mainly [[BMovie B-Movies]] and FilmNoir.

Although he and fellow director Creator/PrestonSturges shared the same surname (and both of them even came from the UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} area), they were unrelated.

!!Works with pages on TV Tropes:

* ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' (1955)
* ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral'' (1957)
* ''Literature/TheOldManAndTheSea'' (1958)
* ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''
* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' (1963)
* ''Film/TheSatanBug'' (1965)
* ''Film/TheHallelujahTrail'' (1965)
* ''Film/IceStationZebra'' (1968)
* ''Film/{{Marooned}}'' (1969)
* ''Film/JoeKidd'' (1972)
* ''Film/TheEagleHasLanded'' (1976)

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