The Magnificent Seven 1960

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 128 min

genre: historical

theme: japanese

director: John Sturges

Score: 7 / 10

The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach and Steve McQueen. The supporting cast features Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz. The film is an Old West–style remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. Brynner, McQueen, Bronson, Vaughn, Dexter, Coburn and Buchholz portray the title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits (whose leader is played by Wallach). The film's musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. In 2013, the film was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Plot

A gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) periodically raids a poor Mexican village for food and supplies. After the latest raid, during which Calvera kills a villager, the village leaders decide they have had enough. On the advice of the village elder (Vladimir Sokoloff), they decide to fight back. Taking their few objects of value, three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons. They are impressed by Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran Cajun gunslinger, and approach him for advice. Chris suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as "men are cheaper than guns." At first agreeing only to help them recruit men, Chris eventually decides to lead the group. Despite the meager pay offered, he finds five willing gunmen.

Awards

National Film Registry

Cast

More details

author	Akira Kurosawa Walter Bernstein Walter Newman William Roberts
award	National Film Registry
contentLocation	Mexico Texas
director	John Sturges
editor	Ferris Webster
genre	historical western
keywords	abandon across the border cajun change of heart fight forced to kill gamble gold mine gunfighter gunslinger hard times haunt hidden gold hide irish mexican old man pass rosenda monteros shoot survive their way united states village
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