John Eliot Sturges (3 January 1911 - 18 August 1992) was an American film director. He was known as "The dean of big-budget action movies made during the 1950s and 1960s". His movies include "The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ice Station Zebra" and "Marooned". He started in Hollywood in 1932 as an editor. In World War II he started directing documentaries and training films for the US Army Air Corps. Wikipedia
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