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The Magnificent Seven
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
1960 · Directed by John Sturges · 128 min · Western · Action · Adventure · 19 frames
Tagline
They were seven…and they fought like seven hundred!
Crew
- Screenplay: William Roberts, Walter Bernstein, Walter Newman
- Cinematography: Charles Lang
- Edited by: Ferris Webster
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Produced by: John Sturges
Cast
- Yul Brynner as Chris Adams
- Eli Wallach as Calvera
- Steve McQueen as Vin
- Charles Bronson as Bernardo O'Reilly
- Robert Vaughn as Lee
- Brad Dexter as Harry Luck
- James Coburn as Britt
- Horst Buchholz as Chico
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Hilario
- Vladimir Sokoloff as Old Man
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Alpha Productions, The Mirisch Company
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $19,500,000
- Themes: friendship, gunslinger, village, horse, mercenary, remake, bandit, farmer, cowboy, hired gun
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