<P> The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner , Eli Wallach , Horst Buchholz , James Coburn , Brad Dexter , Steve McQueen , Robert Vaughn , and Charles Bronson . The film is an Old West - style remake of Akira Kurosawa 's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai . Brynner , McQueen , Buchholz , Bronson , Vaughn , Coburn , and Dexter portray the title characters , a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits and their leader ( 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 , Horst Buchholz , James Coburn , Brad Dexter , Steve McQueen , Robert Vaughn , and Charles Bronson . The film is an Old West - style remake of Akira Kurosawa 's 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai . Brynner , McQueen , Buchholz , Bronson , Vaughn , Coburn , and Dexter portray the title characters , a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits and their leader ( 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>
who starred in the original movie the magnificent seven
who starred in the original movie the magnificent seven
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner