John Sturges — Director (23)
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The Girl in White (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Girl in White
director: John Sturges actor: June Allyson / Arthur Kennedy …
other title: La dama bianca
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 blossoms between her and the head doctor.
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Keeper of the Bees (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Keeper of the Bees
director: John Sturges actor: Michael Duane / Gloria Henry …
Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.
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Best Man Wins (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Best Man Wins
director: John Sturges actor: Edgar Buchanan / Anna Lee …
Jim 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.
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Right Cross (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Right Cross
director: John Sturges actor: June Allyson / Dick Powell …
other title: Il messicano / Der einsame Champion …
Prizewinning boxer Johnny Monterez is mad at the world, feeling persecuted because of his Mexican heritage. Worse yet, his right hand is damaged from years of fighting. Then Johnny falls in love with Pat O'Malley, his manager's pretty daughter, even though his best friend, Rick Gavery, is already besotted with her. Everything is on the line when Johnny, against Rick's wishes, agrees to a match with a fearsome opponent.
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Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Alias Mr. Twilight
director: John Sturges actor: Michael Duane / Trudy Marshall …
other title: Su último golpe
Geoffrey Holden (Lloyd Corrigan) is an elderly con-man who is a lovable old man when providing his beloved granddaughter (Gigi Perreau) with the simple luxuries of life, yet has no qualms when working a racket devised to relieve his victims of their property. Trudy Marshall is the governess of the granddaughter, and is in love with a detective (Michael Duane) who is about to expose the old man's unsuspected activities.
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Shadowed (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Shadowed
director: John Sturges actor: Anita Louise / Lloyd Corrigan …
other title: Fiebre criminal
Fred J. Johnson 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 events in which he is hounded and threatened by the killers. The consequences of his not reporting what he saw to the police lead to a climax in which is daughter is held hostage by the crooks.
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The Law and Jake Wade (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Law and Jake Wade
director: John Sturges actor: Robert Taylor / Richard Widmark …
other title: Sfida nella città morta / Duelo na Cidade Fantasma …
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 to his small-town marshal's job and his fiancée only to find he has been tracked there by Hollister. It seems they were once in a gang together and Jake knows where the proceeds of a bank hold-up are hidden. Hollister and his sidekicks make off into the hills, taking along the trussed-up marshal and his kidnapped bride-to-be to force the lawman to show them where the loot is.
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Underwater! (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Underwater!
director: John Sturges actor: Jane Russell / Gilbert Roland …
other title: Il tesoro sommerso / Die goldene Galeere …
Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
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Hour of the Gun (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hour of the Gun
director: John Sturges actor: James Garner / Jason Robards …
other title: L'ora delle pistole / Seksløberens time …
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 together with his friend Doc Holliday.
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Fast Company (1953) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Fast Company
director: John Sturges actor: Howard Keel / Polly Bergen …
When Carol Maldon inherits her family's stable and a horse with strong racing potential, she begins working with suave trainer Rick Grayton. Intent on owning the horse himself, Rick hinders its true abilities so that he can buy the steed on the cheap. Rick's plan is complicated, however, when he realizes that he's falling for Carol. Making matters worse, the jealous Mercedes Bellway uncovers Rick's deception and uses the information to cause trouble.
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Kind Lady (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Kind Lady
director: John Sturges actor: Ethel Barrymore / Maurice Evans …
other title: El hombre que mintió / Femme en péril
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 strange young painter named Elcott, who uses his painting skill to enter into her life. Little does she expect that his only interest in Mary is to covet everything she has.
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Backlash (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Backlash
director: John Sturges actor: Richard Widmark / Donna Reed …
other title: La frustata / Punidos Pelo Próprio Sangue …
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 with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.
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The Valdez Horses (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Valdez, il mezzosangue
director: John Sturges / Duilio Coletti actor: Charles Bronson / Jill Ireland …
other title: Valdez, il mezzosangue / Wilde Pferde …
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 goes. One day, a young runaway named Jimmy shows up at his door looking for work and a roof over his head. Reluctantly, Chino agrees to take him in and teach him the art of raising, breaking and breeding horses, until the pair finally begin to accept each other.