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Oppressed Mexican villagers cross the border into America looking to buy guns to defend their homes and crops from bandits. Instead they encounter an enigmatic loner who persuades them to hire a band of gunslingers to teach the villagers how to fight before the marauders return. Western, with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn and Eli Wallach
1960
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16x9
Movie/Drama
Western
Cast & Crew
Yul Brynner
(Actor)
.. Chris Adams
Steve McQueen
(Actor)
.. Vin
Charles Bronson
(Actor)
.. Bernardo O'Reilly
James Coburn
(Actor)
.. Britt
Robert Vaughn
(Actor)
.. Lee
Eli Wallach
(Actor)
.. Calvera
Horst Buchholz
(Actor)
.. Chico
Brad Dexter
(Actor)
.. Harry Luck
John Sturges
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Yul Brynner
(Actor)
.. Chris Adams
Steve McQueen
(Actor)
.. Vin
Born:
March 24, 1930
in
Beech Grove, Indiana
Charles Bronson
(Actor)
.. Bernardo O'Reilly
Born:
November 03, 1921
in
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania
Best Known For:
The Death Wish movies.
Early-life:
Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania on November 3, 1921, he was the 11th of 15 children and his father died when he was 10. Charles learned to speak English when he was a teenager, before that he spoke his parents' native Lithuanian and Russian. His first job was working in a coal mine. He did this until he signed up for military service during the Second World War. He served as an aerial gunner in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron. He flew 25 missions and was awarded a Purple Heart medal for wounds he received in battle. After the war, Charles joined a theatrical group and shared an apartment in New York with aspiring actor Jack Klugman, who went on to make a name for himself in The Odd Couple and Quincy, MD.
Career:
In 1950, Bronson married and moved to Hollywood, where he took acting classes and began landing small roles. He made several TV guest appearances during the 1950s in the likes of The Doctor, Waterfront, Treasury Men in Action, The Sheriff of Cochise, and US Marshall. His profile increased when he was cast as one of the seven gunfighters in the movie The Magnificent Seven (1960). Prominent films after that included The Great Escape (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). In 1974, he made the film he is most associated with, Death Wish. It was a box-office hit and led to four sequels. After his health deteriorated, he retired from acting in 1998. He suffered from Alzheimer's in his final years and died of pneumonia on August 30, 2003, at the age of 81.
Quote:
"I look like a quarry someone has dynamited."
Trivia:
In 1954, he changed his surname from Buchinsky to Bronson because his agent thought a European surname might damage his career. He made six films with director Michael Winner and nine with director J Lee Thompson.
James Coburn
(Actor)
.. Britt
Born:
August 31, 1928
in
Laurel, Nebraska
Best Known For:
A string of movie roles.
Early-life:
James Harrison Coburn III was born in Laurel, Nebraska, on August 31, 1928 to Mylet Johnson and James Coburn Jr. He was raised in Compton, California. After studying drama at Los Angeles City College, he made his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse in Herman Melville's Billy Budd. He made his film debut in the western Ride Lonesome (1959).
Career:
Coburn raised his profile following appearances in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), Charade (1963), The Americanisation of Emily, and Major Dundee (1965). His other film credits include A Fistful of Dynamite (1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) and Cross of Iron (1977). Rheumatoid arthritis limited his output in the 1980s but he enjoyed a career resurgence in the 1990s with supporting roles in the likes of Young Guns II (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Maverick (1994), Eraser (1996), The Nutty Professor (1996), and Affliction (1997), for which he won an Academy Award. He died of a heart attack on November 18, 2002, at the age of 74.
Quote:
"The Magnificent Seven was really kind of a miraculous event that took place in my life."
Trivia:
Coburn loved fast cars. He voiced the character Henry J Waternoose in Monsters, Inc (2001).
Robert Vaughn
(Actor)
.. Lee
Born:
November 22, 1932
in
New York
Best Known For:
The Man from UNCLE.
Early-life:
Robert Francis Vaughn was born on November 22, 1932, in New York. His father, Walter, was a radio actor, and his mother, Marcella, was a theatre star. He was raised by his grandparents in Minneapolis and originally wanted to be a journalist, but dropped out of his course at the University of Minnesota after a year. Vaughn moved to Los Angeles to study drama instead at State College, where he also earned his Masters degree. After becoming famous, he gained a PhD in Communications.
Career:
In 1956, Vaughn was signed by Burt Lancaster's production company, but was drafted into the army shortly afterwards. On his return to Hollywood, he spent the next few years playing small roles in movies and TV series such as The Ten Commandments and Gunsmoke. In 1960 he received an Oscar nomination for The Young Philadelphians and was one of The Magnificent Seven. TV show The Lieutenant followed, and he became a major global star thanks to The Man from UNCLE in 1964. Vaughn has also starred in Bullitt, The Towering Inferno, Battle Beyond the Stars, and SOB, and continues to regularly crop up on the big and small screens. He starred in as con-artist Albert Stroller in the BBC drama Hustle between 2004 and 2012, before shifting his attention to Coronation Street to appear as rich American Milton, the love interest of Sylvia Goodwin.
Quote:
"If I were a superhero, flying would be my power - as well as being able to hear people's conversations."
Trivia:
In 2009, he published his autobiography, A Fortunate Life.
Eli Wallach
(Actor)
.. Calvera
Horst Buchholz
(Actor)
.. Chico
Brad Dexter
(Actor)
.. Harry Luck
John Sturges
(Director)
