![]() James Coburn is the lanky gunslinger who’s just as good with a knife as he is a gun but more often than not he just loves to nap. What’s important is that everyone involved delivered an excellent performance, including Eli Wallach as the central villain, and every character is given their chance to shine. Oh well, what can you do? Actors will be actors. His commanding voice, all black wardrobe, and fluid cowboy stride meant that he was the definitive hero and bad-ass of the picture. Brynner should have relaxed – while McQueen may have had a more fun and laid back character, I don’t think anyone could have stolen this film from Yul. Supposedly Brynner ended up hiring an assistant just to keep count of how many times McQueen touched his hat while Brynner was delivering dialogue in the same frame. Brynner got the feeling that McQueen was constantly trying to upstage him whenever they shared a scene together, since McQueen loaded his character with a lot of interesting tics like blowing on shotgun shells before reloading his gun or dipping his hat into the water for a drink while riding a horse. Main star Yul Brynner helped pick Steve McQueen to fill the role of his right hand man Vin but ended up regretting it when the two built up something of an on-set rivalry. Corral.” There’s nothing flashy about Struges work behind the camera but as both producer and director he ensured that “The Magnificent Seven” looked fantastic and kept his actors (and their egos) in check. By 1960, he had already proved himself in the Western genre with the Academy Award-nominated “Bad Day at Black Rock” and the box office hit “Gunfight at the O.K. Rarely has such an all-star ensemble of testosterone-laden actors been brought together on the screen, let alone for a film with as much action and style as this.ĭirector John Sturges built a reputation on making terse action pictures for men, sort of a precursor to Walter Hill (“The Warriors,” “Southern Comfort”). But I say if you’re a red-blooded American raised with a healthy appreciation for Westerns and a time when Hollywood actors were men and not boys, then you just gotta give it up for “The Magnificent Seven.” I mean, look at that cast: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn. Writer: William Roberts, Walter Newman, Walter BernsteinĬast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Horst BuchholzĮven now, 50 years later, the debate rages on: “ Seven Samurai” or “The Magnificent Seven”? Of course, there’s no reason that film fans can’t enjoy both. "The Magnificent Seven" Japanese Theatrical Poster
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