Jack Burton (other)
Jack Burton may refer to: * Jack Burton (character), lead character in the film ''Big Trouble in Little China'' * Jack Burton (cricketer) (1923–2001), Australian cricketer * Jack Burton (equestrian) (born 1919), American Olympic equestrian See also * John Burton (other) John Burton may refer to: Religion *John Burton (archdeacon of Cleveland) (fl. 1685–1700), Anglican priest *John Burton (minister) (1760–1838), Nova Scotia Baptist minister * John Burton (provost) (fl. 1871–1885), Episcopalian Provost of St N ...

Jack Burton (character)
''Big Trouble in Little China'' (also in known as ''John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China'') is a 1986 American fantasy action comedy film directed by John Carpenter and starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun and James Hong. The film tells the story of truck driver Jack Burton (Russell), who helps his friend Wang Chi (Dun) rescue Wang's green-eyed fiancée from bandits in San Francisco's Chinatown. They go into the mysterious underworld beneath Chinatown, where they face an ancient sorcerer named David Lo Pan (Hong), who requires a woman with green eyes to marry him in order to be released from a centuries-old curse. Although the original screenplay by first-time screenwriters Gary Goldman and David Z. Weinstein was envisioned as a Western set in the 1880s, screenwriter W. D. Richter was hired to rewrite the script extensively and modernize it. The studio hired Carpenter to direct the film and rushed ''Big Trouble in Little China'' into production so that it woul ...
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Jack Burton (cricketer)
Jack Richard Burton (3 November 1923 – 30 October 2001) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for South Australia in 1951/52. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first ... References External links * 1923 births 2001 deaths Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Cricketers from South Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1920s-stub ...
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Jack Burton (equestrian)
Jonathan Rowell Burton (October 27, 1919 – May 29, 2019) was an American equestrian. He competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1919 births 2019 deaths American male equestrians Olympic equestrians for the United States Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Berwyn, Illinois Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois {{US-equestrian-bio-stub ...
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