The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Director: John Sturges
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Sturges' remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is always worth a look, mainly for the performances of McQueen, Bronson, Coburn and Vaughn. The theme of the group of professionals coming together to defend a cause or undertake a useless task, mainly as an exercise for their narcissistic talents, was one that would be constantly reworked during the '60s. Numerous set pieces, like Coburn's knife fight, Vaughn's fly-catching and McQueen's jokes, stay lodged in the mind.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: John Sturges
Producer: John Sturges
Cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn, Eli Wallach, Brad Dexter, Vladimir Sokoloff, Whit Bissell full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 138 mins
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