One of the greatest westerns of all time and a personal favorite.
Based on Akira Kurosawa's classic "The Seven Samurai" "The Magnificent Seven" brings together a wonderful cast and takes us on an adventure to save a small Mexican village from the oppressing hand of Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his dreadful bandits.
Having had enough of Calvera's baddies, the tired villagers set out to find a gunfighter who can help them. They happen upon Chris (Yul Brynner) who reluctantly agrees to lend a hand and then sets out to recruit 6 other men to join in the quest.
Soon he has men knocking at his door and before long he has his team.
Vin Tanner (Steve McQueen) signs on right away after helping Chris with a tussle in town.
Rugged, quiet tough guy Charles Bronson plays Bernardo O'Reilly a gunfighter of Irish-Mexican heritage.
Lee (Robert Vaughn) who seems cool and collected but fights losing his nerve when the battle begins.
Chris' old friend Harry Luck (Brad Dexter), believing Chris is really after treasure also joins up.
Fast and deadly with a blade, cowpuncher Britt (James Coburn) also joins in the action.
Finally Chico (Horst Buchholz) joins after initially being rejected but staying persistant.
Eventually the "Seven" train the village how to fight and then fight along side them as they defend their village and their livelihood.
GREAT STUFF!
Just had a thought. What about all the great TV westerns of the 50's and 60's. You could feature them seperately(like the movies) with alot of cool background trivia. example= What was the name of the train that James West used in "Wild, Wild, West"? ans.= "The Wanderer" enjoy!
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