The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is one of the English language titles for the Akira Kurosawa film Shichinin no samurai (1954), also called The Seven Samurai.

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The Magnificent Seven is a John Sturges western film of 1960, a remake of Shichinin no samurai starring:

• Charles Bronson (Bernardo O'Reilly)
• Yul Brynner (Chris Adams)
• Horst Buchholz (Chico)
• James Coburn (Britt)
• Brad Dexter (Harry Luck)
• Steve McQueen (Vin)
• Robert Vaughn (Lee)

vs.

• Eli Wallach (Calvera) and his bandits

The movie's famous theme tune was by Elmer Bernstein.

There were two pseudo-sequels - Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). The movie has also inspired a television series (The Magnificent Seven, 1998) and a parody in which a poor Mexican village hires three Western actors to protect their village from bandits (¡Three Amigos!, 1986, starring Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short).