The Magnificent Seven

With the death of Charles Bronson on August 30, 2003, Robert Vaughn (Lee) is the only survivor of the seven actors who played the title characters. Although not an original idea, the movie's most famous "bit" is having Paul Henried put two cigarettes in his mouth, light both of them and hand one to Bette Davis. There have also been adaptations of the film's plot, notably in a German Karl May movie called "Thunder at the Border" (Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand) (1966), and in the science fiction movie "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980), in which Robert Vaughn reprised his role from The Magnificent Seven. The title comes from the Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want", which says: The untold want, by life and land ne'er granted, / Now, Voyager sail thou forth to seek and find.. It also inspired the Kazakh film Wild East. It won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Bette Davis) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Gladys Cooper). In Westworld, Yul Brynner played an android impersonating his black-dressed gunfighter role as "Chris Adams". The screenplay follows the novel very closely, except that in the book the cruise Charlotte takes is a Mediterranean, not a South American, one.

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). The movie was adapted by Casey Robinson from the 1941 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. It was directed by Irving Rapper. The film's success inspired three sequels: Return of the Seven (1966); Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), but none were as successful as the original film. It stars Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Ilka Chase, Lee Patrick, Franklin Pangborn and Mary Wickes. The shot of the seven gunfighters striding toward the camera is one of the most often-copied shots in cinematic history, appearing in such diverse films as The Right Stuff and Monsters, Inc., and the opening sequence of the animated Justice League. After a brief love affair during a cruise, she determines to help her lover's equally depressed daughter. The score was nominated for an Academy Award in 1961. Now, Voyager is a 1942 film which tells the story of a middle-aged spinster who, repressed by the domination of her mother, winds up in a sanitarium, where her self-confidence in boosted by an understanding psychiatrist.

The movie's famous theme tune was by Elmer Bernstein, later being reused in commercials for Marlboro (cigarette) and Victoria Bitter beer. vs. The Magnificent Seven is a John Sturges western film of 1960, a remake of Shichinin no samurai starring:. The Magnificent Seven is one of the English language titles for the Akira Kurosawa film Shichinin no samurai (1954), also called The Seven Samurai.

Eli Wallach (Calvera) and his 40 bandits. Robert Vaughn (Lee). Brad Dexter (Harry Luck). Horst Buchholz (Chico).

James Coburn (Britt). Charles Bronson (Bernardo O'Reilly). Steve McQueen (Vin). Yul Brynner (Chris Adams).