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John Sturges

Born:
January 3, 1910 in Oak Park, IL
Occupation:
Director, Producer
Birth name:
John Eliot Sturges
Biography:
One of Hollywood's top action directors of the late 1950s and 1960s, John Sturges, for a time, was a name associated almost exclusively with large-scale action-adventure films. A one-time assistant in RKO's blueprint department, Sturges spent most of his early career in the studio's art department...Read More

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