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The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges. The screenplay, credited to William Roberts, is a remake – in an Old West-style – of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai (itself initially released in the United States as The Magnificent Seven). The ensemble cast includes Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz as a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits led by Eli Wallach.
Plot
A gang of bandits led by Calvera periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide to fight back.
Cast
- Bing Russell
- Brad Dexter
- Charles Bronson
- Eli Wallach
- Enrique Lucero
- Fernando Rey
- Horst Buchholz
- James Coburn
- Jim Davis
- John A. Alonzo
- Joseph Ruskin
- Larry Duran
- Rico Alaniz
- Robert J. Wilke
- Robert Vaughn
- Steve McQueen
- Val Avery
- Valentin de Vargas
- Victor French
- Vladimir Sokoloff
- Whit Bissell
- Yul Brynner
More details
| author | Akira Kurosawa Walter Bernstein Walter Newman William Roberts |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico Texas |
| director | John Sturges |
| editor | Ferris Webster |
| genre | western |
| keywords | abandon across the border capture change of heart chris adams disillusion fight forced to kill gamble gang member hard times haunt hidden gold hide irish mexican kill pass shoot their way young women |
| musicBy | Elmer Bernstein |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score |
| producer | John Sturges |
| productionCompany | Alpha Productions The Mirisch Company |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Mexico |
| theme | japanese |