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It is a misconception that Brad Dexter got his role in the film due to his having saved Frank Sinatr [...]	D
Horst Buchholz (Chico) accidentally shot himself in the leg on set. Though his gun was loaded with b [...]	D
According to the "Making Of" documentary from the Special Edition DVD version, associate producer Lo [...]	D
The events in the film must have taken place in or after 1896. Steve McQueen mentions something as " [...]	D
Charles Bronson, as character Bernardo O'Reilly, tells Chris that he is "Mexican on one side, and Ir [...]	D
The "bandit gang" hired for Calvera adopted Eli Wallach as one of their own. In the mornings before [...]	D
Yul Brynner and James Coburn eventually forgave Steve McQueen for constantly attempting to upstage t [...]	D
Chico is a combination of two characters from (I sette samurai (1954), Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo.	D
It was Yul Brynner who approached producer Walter Mirisch with the idea of doing a Western adaptatio [...]	D
Stephen King used the premise of this film as the basis for his fifth Dark Tower novel, "Wolves of t [...]	D
James Coburn's friend Robert Vaughn recommended him to director John Sturges for the last remaining [...]	D
James Coburn makes "the greatest shot I've ever seen" (or "the worst" if you believe Britt), by shoo [...]	D
Set reporter Erskine Johnson was convinced that Eli Wallach would upstage the other members of the c [...]	D
In the original script the seven gunfighters were much older and veterans of the US Civil War. Spenc [...]	D
Calvera says he has forty men. When Chico sneaks into the camp they count eleven dead after the firs [...]	D
Although James Coburn and Charles Bronson are not among the three surviving gunfighters in the film, [...]	D
Robert Vaughn also plays one of the seven mercenaries in the sci-fi remake Battle Beyond The Stars ( [...]	D
Robert Vaughn's character was the last, among the seven, to be introduced in the film. Coincidentall [...]	D
Although the printed cast list gives both Chris and Vin last names, the only characters in the movie [...]	D
George Peppard was originally considered for the role of Vin played by Steve McQueen. Peppard later [...]	D
Amazingly, the iconic and enduring score for this film did not win the Oscar for Best Original Score [...]	D
Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn later appeared together in Bullitt (1968).	D
Harry, Lee, Brit, and O'Reilley are all killed anonymously. A shot rings out and all four fall; the [...]	D
The bandit chief's name Calvera resembles calavera, the Spanish word for skull.	D
When Vin takes off his hat before Chris starts the horses pulling the hearse, he is actually checkin [...]	D
In 1980, Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen reconciled. McQueen, dying of cancer, called Brynner to thank [...]	D
Of the seven actors who played the "Magnificent Seven" two were not American-born: Horst Buchholz (G [...]	D
When filming began in Mexico, problems arose with the local censors, who demanded changes to the way [...]	D
Composer John Williams was a member of the orchestra that recorded Elmer Bernstein's score; he playe [...]	D
Although the film received only mixed reviews, John Sturges got a rave from the one source that real [...]	D
James Coburn, Brad Dexter and Horst Buchholz died less than four months after one another--Coburn on [...]	D
As he's dying in Chris's arms, Harry asks Chris to tell him what they were really fighting for besid [...]	D
Steve McQueen wanted to act in this film but couldn't at first because the schedule of his TV series [...]	D
According to the DVD notes, both John Ireland and Sterling Hayden were approached for the role of Br [...]	D
Elmer Bernstein, whose score for this movie is one of the best-known ever composed, also wrote the s [...]	D
Yul Brynner's killer robot character in Il mondo dei robot (1973) is physically identical to Chris.	D
Yul Brynner studied shooting and the quick-draw method with Rodd Redwing, a Native American actor (h [...]	D
Walter Bernstein did the original adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's film (I sette samurai (1954)) but i [...]	D
Eli Wallach recalled struggling to conceal his amusement while watching the filming of the funeral-p [...]	D
Steve McQueen tried to draw attention from Yul Brynner by taking off his hat to shade his eyes as he [...]	D
Many US Navy ships adopt a theme song based on their name or hull number. The song would be played w [...]	D
The 1967 hit song "Sweet Soul Music," written by Arthur Conley and Otis Redding and first recorded b [...]	D
John Sturges cast German actor Horst Buchholz to play Mexican gunfighter Chico because there was a b [...]	D
Yul Brynner (5'10") was concerned to make sure he always appeared substantially taller than Steve Mc [...]	D
Mexican censors required the peasants to always be wearing clean clothes, despite being farmers. Thi [...]	D
According to a John Sturges interview given in 1990 for the book "John Sturges, Stories of a Filmmak [...]	D
James Coburn was a big fan of I sette samurai (1954) and his favorite role in that film was the char [...]	D
According to Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen complained about the gun Yul Brynner was using in the film [...]	D
When newspapers started reporting on the altercations on set between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, [...]	D
Eli Wallach's role as Calvera was not the counterpart to ToshirÃ´ Mifune's role as Kikuchiyo in "S [...]	D
The theme song was used for many years for the Marlboro cigarette commercials.	D
The script was often written at night for the shooting the next morning.	D
The cup game Harry Luck (Brad Dexter) shows to the villagers is actually impossible. He cheats when [...]	D
The name of Charles Bronson's character, Bernardo O'Reilly, is a reference to Chilean independence l [...]	D
With most people's memories of seeing this film, it might be surprising that, due to Eli Wallach's r [...]	D
John Sturges faced a major problem during filming. The screenplay mentioned which of the Seven died, [...]	D
Although it's often thought that the Seven were a group of unknowns who became stars because of this [...]	D
Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Charles Bronson all appeared together again in John Sturges next fil [...]	D
Included among the 25 films on the American Film Institute's 2005 list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Sc [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]	D
The film was a box-office failure in the US, but went on to be a smash hit in Europe, and ultimately [...]	D
The oneupmanship between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen spread to the other actors, and they all star [...]	D
O'Reilly (Charles Bronson) is the last of the seven to die. His counterpart in I sette samurai (1954 [...]	D
Robert Vaughn (Lee) was the last surviving member of the Magnificent Seven. He died on 11/11/16 at a [...]	D
The movie appears to be set sometime in the mid- to late 1880s. However, all of the main characters [...]	D
The first in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.	D
Eli Wallach and Robert Vaughn's characters are both killed in this film. In real life, however, Wall [...]	D
We never see who fires the shots that kill Harry, Lee, Britt and O'Reilley, or the shot that wounds [...]	D
The peasants are exceptionally well dressed, due to the Mexican censors demanding that their costume [...]	D
The first scene shot was the first part of the six gunfighters' journey to the Mexican village, prio [...]	D
Pay close attention to Eli Wallach whenever he handles his gun. Whenever he puts the gun back into h [...]	D
James Coburn (Britt) and Robert Vaughn (Lee) have only 11 and 16 lines in the entire film, respectiv [...]	D
The casting of Eli Wallach as a Mexican has often been condemned as racist. It is highly unlikely th [...]	D
Screenwriter Walter Newman objected to how John Sturges filmed several of his scenes and became furi [...]	D
Despite some credit listings, Natividad VacÃo plays Miguel, not Tomas, and John A. Alonzo (billed [...]	D
Chico's "bullfight" scene was improvised. Someone found a cow and the filmmakers decided to put it i [...]	D
During filming, Yul Brynner remarked that Eli Wallach was too benevolent as Calvera.	D
In Robert Vaughn's 2008 memoir, he confessed that the cast all had diarrhea while filming.	D
Yul Brynner had a major say in casting decisions, including the decision to cast Steve McQueen. He s [...]	D
The steam locomotive seen simmering in the background during the knife and gun contest is narrow-gau [...]	D
In the original script, as in I sette samurai (1954), the farmers leave the village to hire mercenar [...]	D
In 1984 producer Walter Mirisch announced a remake of the film as part of his production deal with U [...]	D
The original screenplay was written by Walter Bernstein, but was later reworked almost beyond recogn [...]	D
It's never clearly shown just how many people each member of the Seven killed. However, if one were [...]	D
Steve McQueen, who played Vin, was the first of the Magnificent Seven to have died. By coincidence, [...]	D
Eli Wallach had a hand in how Calvera's death would be played out. "Make it simple", he thought. "Ju [...]	D
Clark Gable, Stewart Granger, Glenn Ford and Anthony Franciosa were considered for roles.	D
Body count: 55	D
Ironically, though Yul Brynner's and Steve McQueen's characters didn't die in the film, in real life [...]	D
As Chris and Vin drive the hearse to Boot Hill, they pass a storefront with the name P. Garrett over [...]	D
O'Reilley fires only one shot with a handgun during the entire movie, his last shot was fired left-h [...]	D
Although the majority of "the seven" die in the movie, the actors portraying two of the survivors we [...]	D
Calvera refers to his 40 men--after the three scouts have been killed. During the first shootout at [...]	D
Yul Brynner was married on the set; the celebration used many of the same props as the fiesta scene.	D
Yul Brynner (Chris) was the only actor to reprise his role in Il ritorno dei magnifici sette (1966).	D
Robert Vaughn played the role of Lee in the film. He later came back to star in the TV series I magn [...]	D
Filming took place in Mexico at a time when the country did not take kindly to Hollywood productions [...]	D
Eli Wallach wore a silk shirt and sported gold rings and teeth because he "wanted to show what the b [...]	D
Anthony Quinn was originally set to star.	D
The title of the movie in the Georgian language means the same as "Holy Week", so they used to air t [...]	D
According to Eli Wallach's autobiography, Yul Brynner had a major problem with what he perceived as [...]	D
Sterling Hayden was originally supposed to play the knife expert, Britt. Hayden dropped out for unkn [...]	D
The horse that Yul Brynner was riding was Pie, the same one that James Stewart rode in all or most o [...]	D
George Peppard was first considered for the role of Vin. Gene Wilder also auditioned. Peppard would [...]	D
Vin is the only member to aim and shoot his hand gun with two hands. During the final shootout he is [...]	D
The film was cast quickly to beat an actor's strike. The only chance of getting the movie made was t [...]	D

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