Search results for "John Sturges"
The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed

The Eagle Has Landed
IMDb: 6.9
135

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the…

McQ

McQ

McQ
IMDb: 6.2
111

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

Genre: Action, Crime
Chino

Chino

Chino
IMDb: 6
98

Chino Valdez is a loner horse breeder living in the old west. Partly a loner by choice, and partly because, being a ‘half-breed’, he finds himself unwelcome almost everywhere he…

Genre: Western
Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd
IMDb: 6.4
88

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to…

Genre: Western
Marooned

Marooned

Marooned
IMDb: 5.9
134

After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won’t activate. After initially thinking they might have to…

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra

Ice Station Zebra
IMDb: 6.6
149

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite — using stolen Western technology — malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station…

Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun
IMDb: 6.6
100

Marshal 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 Earp starts to chase the killers…

Genre: Western
The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug
IMDb: 6.1
114

A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is…

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail
IMDb: 6.5
165

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all…

Genre: Comedy, Western
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
IMDb: 8.2
173

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security ‘escape-proof’ camp to sit out…

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Sergeants 3

Sergeants 3

Sergeants 3
IMDb: 5.9
112

Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.

Genre: Comedy, Western
By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed
IMDb: 5.4
115

An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband’s law partner.

Genre: Drama
The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven
IMDb: 7.7
127

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Never So Few

Never So Few

Never So Few
IMDb: 5.8
125

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Genre: Drama, War
Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill

Last Train from Gun Hill
IMDb: 7.3
98

A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.

Genre: Western
The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
IMDb: 6.9
86

Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade

The Law and Jake Wade
IMDb: 6.8
86

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it’s clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part, and Jake returns…

Genre: Western
Saddle the Wind

Saddle the Wind

Saddle the Wind
IMDb: 6.6
84

Steve Sinclair is a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony arrives on the scene with his new bride…

Genre: Western
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
IMDb: 7.1
122

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Genre: Western
Backlash

Backlash

Backlash
IMDb: 6.6
84

Jim Slater’s father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared…

Genre: Western
Underwater!

Underwater!

Underwater!
IMDb: 5.3
99

Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.

Genre: Action, Adventure
The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat

The Scarlet Coat
IMDb: 6.3
101

An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock

Bad Day at Black Rock
IMDb: 7.7
81

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…

Jeopardy

Jeopardy

Jeopardy
IMDb: 6.7
69

A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo
IMDb: 6.6
99

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain’s Arizona fort.

Genre: Western
The Girl in White

The Girl in White

The Girl in White
IMDb: 6.9
92

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though, they come to respect her and romance…

Genre: Drama, History
The People Against O’Hara

The People Against O’Hara

The People Against O’Hara
IMDb: 6.8
102

A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.

Genre: Crime, Drama
Kind Lady

Kind Lady

Kind Lady
IMDb: 7.1
78

Mary Herries 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…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
It’s a Big Country

It’s a Big Country

It’s a Big Country
IMDb: 6
89

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern….

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Right Cross

Right Cross

Right Cross
IMDb: 6
90

A sportswriter forms a ring triangle with a fight manager’s daughter and her Mexican-American boxer.

Genre: Drama
The Capture

The Capture

The Capture
IMDb: 5.9
91

A badly injured fugitive explains to a priest how he came to be in his present predicament.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Western
The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills
IMDb: 6.4
78

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

Genre: Western
The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram
IMDb: 6.2
84

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

Genre: Drama, Thriller