The Magnificent Seven is a John Sturges[?] western film of 1960, a remake of Shichinin no samurai starring:
The movie's famous theme tune was by Elmer Bernstein.
There were two pseudo-sequels - Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) and The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972). 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[?]).
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