<P> The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner , Eli Wallach , Steve McQueen , Charles Bronson , Robert Vaughn , Brad Dexter , James Coburn and Horst Buchholz . The film is an Old West - style remake of Akira Kurosawa 's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai . Brynner , McQueen , Bronson , Vaughn , Dexter , Coburn and Buchholz portray the title characters , a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits ( leader played by Wallach ) . The film 's musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein . In 2013 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . </P>
<P> The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner , Eli Wallach , Steve McQueen , Charles Bronson , Robert Vaughn , Brad Dexter , James Coburn and Horst Buchholz . The film is an Old West - style remake of Akira Kurosawa 's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai . Brynner , McQueen , Bronson , Vaughn , Dexter , Coburn and Buchholz portray the title characters , a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits ( leader played by Wallach ) . The film 's musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein . In 2013 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . </P>
when was the first magnificent seven movie made
when was the first magnificent seven movie made
1960
1960