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Hour of the Gun **** (1967, James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 2082

Director John Sturges revisits the same material as his 1957 classic Western Gunfight at the OK Corral when he directs this more historically accurate, but comparatively little known 1967 sequel of sorts. This first-rate movie boasts outstanding performances […]

Jan, 17

Gunfight at the OK Corral ***** (1957, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 1393

In one of their finest Westerns, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star together as marshal Wyatt Earp and gunslinger Doc Holliday for director John Sturges’s 1957 classic Gunfight at the OK Corral. It certainly deserves […]

Jul, 04

Bad Day at Black Rock ***** (1955, Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin) – Classic Movie Review 429

Director John Sturges’s brilliant 1955 Western thriller is his finest celluloid moment, bringing simmering, atmospheric suspense scaldingly to the boil. Spencer Tracy relishes one of his finest roles as one-armed army veteran John J Macreedy, who arrives […]

Nov, 20

The Great Escape ***** (1963, Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock, James Donald, John Leyton) – Classic Movie Review 201

One of everybody’s favourite war films, director John Sturges’s 1963 classic The Great Escape is one of the most famous and popular prison escape films of all time. The bold plan here is that several hundred […]

Aug, 28

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