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Also Known As	John Eliot Sturges
Born	January 3, 1910 • Oak Park • Illinois
Died	August 18, 1992 (aged 82) • San Luis Obispo • California
Notable Works	“Backlash” • “Bad Day at Black Rock” • “Best Man Wins” • “Escape from Fort Bravo” • “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” • “Hour of the Gun” • “Ice Station Zebra” • “Jeopardy” • “Joe Kidd” • “Kind Lady” • “Last Train from Gun Hill” • “Marooned” • “McQ” • “Mystery Street” • “Never So Few” • “Right Cross” • “Sergeants 3” • “The Capture” • “The Girl in White” • “The Great Escape” • “The Hallelujah Trail” • “The Law and Jake Wade” • “The Magnificent Seven” • “The Magnificent Yankee” • “The Old Man and the Sea” • “The People Against O’Hara” • “The Satan Bug” • “The Scarlet Coat” • “The Sign of the Ram” • “The Walking Hills” • “Underwater!”