The Magnificent Seven 1960

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 128 min

genre: western

theme: japanese

director: John Sturges

Score: 7 / 10

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 consult the only man they believe has the wisdom to help them, an elder who lives as a hermit outside the village. The elder advises them to fight back and buy weapons, and if they have no money for weapons, to seek help from other towns where weapons can be obtained.

Cast

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