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The Magnificent Seven (1960)

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Overview

Director:
John Sturges
Writer:
William Roberts (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 October 1960 (USA) more
Tagline:
They were seven - And they fought like seven hundred! more
Plot:
An oppressed Mexican peasant village assembles seven gunfighters to help defend their homes. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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Stuntman Williams Dead at 85 (From WENN. 17 April 2007)
User Comments:
A classic all right more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Yul Brynner ... Chris Adams

Eli Wallach ... Calvera

Steve McQueen ... Vin

Charles Bronson ... Bernardo O'Reilly

Robert Vaughn ... Lee
Brad Dexter ... Harry Luck

James Coburn ... Britt
Horst Buchholz ... Chico
Jorge Martínez de Hoyos ... Hilario (as Jorge Martinez de Hoyas)
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Old man
Rosenda Monteros ... Petra
Rico Alaniz ... Sotero
Pepe Hern
Natividad Vacío ... Miguel (as Natividad Vacio)
Mario Navarro
Danny Bravo
John A. Alonzo ... Tomas (as John Alonso)
Enrique Lucero
Alex Montoya

Robert J. Wilke ... Wallace (as Robert Wilke)

Val Avery ... Henry (corset salesman)
Whit Bissell ... Chamlee (undertaker)
Bing Russell ... Robert, (Henry's traveling companion)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roberto Contreras ... Villager (uncredited)
Valentin de Vargas ... Calvera henchman (uncredited)
Larry Duran ... (uncredited)
Joseph Ruskin ... Filene (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Sturges 
 
Writing credits
Akira Kurosawa (screenplay "Shichinin no samurai") uncredited &
Shinobu Hashimoto (screenplay "Shichinin no samurai") uncredited &
Hideo Oguni (screenplay "Shichinin no samurai") uncredited

William Roberts (screenplay)

Walter Bernstein  uncredited and
Walter Newman  uncredited

Produced by
Walter Mirisch .... executive producer
Lou Morheim .... associate producer
John Sturges .... producer
 
Original Music by
Elmer Bernstein 
 
Cinematography by
Charles Lang (director of photography) (as Charles Lang Jr.)
 
Film Editing by
Ferris Webster 
 
Art Direction by
Edward Fitzgerald 
 
Set Decoration by
Rafael Suárez  (as Rafael Suarez)
 
Makeup Department
Emile LaVigne .... makeup artist (as Emile Lavigne)
Daniel C. Striepeke .... makeup artist (as Daniel Striepke)
 
Production Management
Francisco Day .... production manager (as Chico Day)
Allen K. Wood .... production supervisor
Hubert Fröhlich .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jaime Contreras .... assistant director
Robert E. Relyea .... assistant director
Emilio Fernández .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Sam Gordon .... property
 
Sound Department
Del Harris .... sound effects editor
Rafael Ruiz Esparza .... sound (as Rafael Esparza)
Jack Solomon .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Milt Rice .... special effects
 
Stunts
Larry Duran .... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin .... stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams .... stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills .... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Henry Wills .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Don Stott .... gaffer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Bob Bain .... musician: guitar (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Thom Conroy .... dialogue director
John Franco .... continuity
'Chema' Hernandez .... head wrangler (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) (2005) | USA:Approved (certificate #19668) | West Germany:12 (f) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Brazil:12 | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M (TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Body count: 55 more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Calvera and his gang first ride into town in the beginning of the movie, they are seen taking chickens and food. When they ride out of town, they do not have any of the loot with them. more
Quotes:
Chico: But who made us the way we are, huh? Men with guns. Men like Calvera, and men like you... and now me. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Larger Than Life (1996) more

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21 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
A classic all right, 11 July 2004
Author: Philby-3 from Sydney, Australia

Re-make are seldom as good as the original, but here Hollywood or rather John Sturges managed to capture some of the spirit of Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai' which itself owes something to the 'Three Musketeers' and which Sturges duly acknowledged in the credits. Partly this is due to some inspired casting. With the exception of Yul Brynner, none of the actors was particularly well known at the time. Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Eli Wallach and Horst Buchholz (an unlikely Mexican) all went on to successful acting careers. The format of this film was replicated in many later films.

The plot couldn't be simpler. Desperate Mexican villagers, bled white by local bandits, retain a group of almost equally desperate gunslingers from the other side of the Rio Grand to deal with the bandits. A lot of the fun arises early on as leader Cajun Chris seeks out half a dozen suitably deranged but deadly types for the job. Ostensibly they are doing it for the money but it becomes apparent early on that they are really on the team just for the hell of it. Once they are together things don't quite go to plan, but the camaraderie holds up, and their mission is accomplished, though at considerable cost.

Despite all the action it is a character-driven piece in some ways. Eli Wallach's Calvera the bandit leader is more than a cardboard cut-out villain and Yul Brynner's enigmatic Chris keeps us guessing. The villagers, despite their matching white smocks, are not all lily-white and each of the Seven has at least one interesting weakness.

A strong feature of the film is the music, penned by the ubiquitous Elmer Bernstein, and entirely appropriate, with a main theme which seems to be permanently welded into my brain.

'The Magnificent Seven' was made at a time when the appetite for westerns was going into decline. Whereas westerns were staple film and TV fare in the 50's, the sixties saw a sharp decline, as spy dramas and sex farces burgeoned. One interesting theory I've heard about this is that it's not so much that the audience tired of westerns, but that TV executives discovered that they were being watched by the people too poor to buy their sponsor's fine products. Anyway this film holds up very well after 45 years, a true classic and satisfying to watch.

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