Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges

Filmography

Filmography RKO, 1932–1939: As Assistant Technicolor Consultant, Assistant Sound Editor, or Assistant Editor Of Human Bondage, 1934 The Gay Divorcee, 1934 The Last Days of Pompeii, 1935 Becky Sharp, 1935 Alice Adams, 1935 The Dancing Pirate, 1936 The Garden of Allah, 1936 Shall We Dance, 1937 Gunga Din, 1939 RKO, 1940–1941: As Editor They Knew What They Wanted, 1940 Tom, Dick and Harry, 1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway, 1941 Syncopation, 1942 Army Signal Corps and Air Corps, 1942–1945: As Director of Training and Orientation Shorts The Operation and Maintenance of the B-51 IFF (Identify Friend or Foe) Thunderbolt (editor, co-director with William Wyler), 1945 but delayed until 1947, when Monogram Pictures released it with James Stewart introduction Columbia Pictures, 1945–1949: As Director The Man Who Dared, 1946 Shadowed, 1946 Alias Mr.Twilight, 1947 303 For the Love of Rusty, 1947 Keeper of the Bees, 1947 Best Man Wins, 1948 The Sign of the Ram, 1948 The Walking Hills, 1949 MGM, 1950–1955: As Director Mystery Street, 1950 Right Cross, 1950 The Magnificent Yankee, 1950 It’s a Big Country (segment director), 1951 but released in 1952 Kind Lady, 1951 The People against O’Hara, 1951 The Girl in White, 1952 Jeopardy, 1953 Fast Company, 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo, 1953 Bad Day at Black Rock, 1954 The Scarlet Coat, 1955 Freelance and on Loan Out from MGM The Capture (RKO), 1950 Underwater! (RKO), 1955 Backlash (Universal), 1956 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Paramount), 1957 The Spirit of St. Louis (Warner Bros., three days of retakes), 1957 The Old Man and the Sea (Warner Bros., replaced Fred Zinnemann), 1958 The Law and Jake Wade (MGM), 1958 Saddle the Wind (Universal, two days of retakes), 1958 Last Train from Gun Hill (Paramount), 1959 Never So Few (MGM), 1959 but released in 1960 Sergeants 3 (Warner Bros.), 1962 A Girl Named Tamiko (Paramount), 1962 United Artists–Mirisch Company, 1959–1967: As Producer-Director (unless otherwise noted) The Magnificent Seven, 1960 By Love Possessed (director only), 1961 The Great Escape, 1963 The Satan Bug, 1965 304 Filmography 1 The Hallelujah Trail, 1965 Hour of the Gun, 1967 Independent, 1967–1976 Ice Station Zebra (MGM), 1968 Marooned (Columbia), 1969 Joe Kidd (Universal), 1972 Chino (Dino de Laurentiis, a.k.a. The Valdez Horses; producer-director), 1973 McQ (Batjac and Levy-Gardner; distributed by Warner Bros.), 1974 The Eagle Has Landed (ITC, distributed in U.S. by Columbia Pictures), 1976 Projects Announced but Abandoned or Directed by Others The Sons of Kati Elder (Hal Wallis; pre-production, casting), 1955–59 633 Squadron (Mirisch; pre-production, preliminary casting), 1958 The Wreck of the Mary Deare (MGM; pre-production talks), 1958 Vivacious Lady (Mirisch; casting, Paris locations), 1962 Richard Sahib (Mirisch; story by Sturges and James Clavell, preliminary casting and locations), 1964–65 Day of the Champion (Warner Bros.; pre-production, background races in Europe), 1965–66 The Artful Dodger (Mirisch; script conferences), 1966 Guns of the Magnificent Seven (Mirisch; pre-production, casting), 1968 The Yards of Essendorf (United Artists–Mirisch; story by Sturges; script by Stirling Silliphant–Mayo Simon), 1968–70 Le Mans (Solar Productions; pre-production, background races in France), 1970 Earthquake, 1980 (Universal, pre-production), 1971 Das Boot (Bavaria Studios; casting, script conferences, location scouting in Germany), 1976 Bat*21 (TriStar; script conferences, locations), 1980 Filmography 305 1 ...