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John Sturges

33 credited titles on WatchWise

John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963) and Ice Station Zebra (1968).

John Sturges in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$38M · 63% hit rate

Biggest hit

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

$12M

Standout efficiency

5.9x

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$68M

Combined reported budget

$49M

Gross / budget

1.4x

Bankability Index

37 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.