Magnificent Seven (1960) Ranking Amongst Westerns:

The Magnificent Seven movie is one of the best Westerns of all time. In fact, The Bulletin ranks it Number Seven. Here is the list of the greatest western movies of all time, as selected by the Bulletin:

1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

2. Tombstone

3. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

4. True Grit

5. A Fistful of Dollars

6. High Noon

7. The Magnificent Seven

Magnificent Seven (1960) the Cast:

The movie stars Steve McQueen, Vul Brynner, Chuck Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, and Horst Buchholz as the seven title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits. The film was released by United Artists on October 12, 1960. However, the best performance in the movie – as voted on by the Bulletin – is Bad Guy – Eli Wallach, you plays Calvera). The movie has a great theme song and the story was plagiarized straight from Seven Samurai, but back in those days you could get away with anything, especially if you had Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner out front and Charles Bronson picking up the slack.

Good Guys Do Not Finish Last (However their agents might):

Legend has it that the two leading men (McQueen and Brynner feuded – but mostly their publicist and agents). Ultimately, each were given the same number of “lines,” and the same number of “one liners.” Brynner was given a taller horse, because he was shorter than McQueen. Brynner played Chris and McQueen had the role of Vin, who both reluctantly agreed to go help the Mexican villagers, who were being tormented by Calvera (Eli Wallach) and his bandits. And, basically the rest of the Magficent Seven did so with a promise of basically no money or very little… so, they were “hired guns,” without a salary, or bonus… so, they did it for honor – (spoiler alert – my goodness it’s from 1960 – or because of guilt, or maybe a “death wish.” – note: not to be confused with Bronson’s later movies.

Best Lines from the Movie – McQueen got the best one:

McQueen: “We deal in lead, friend.”

Leave Some for the Bad Guy:
Eli Wallach (playing Calvera) steals practically every scene he’s in, in the movie. And, unexpectedly stole some of the best lines of the movie… or just made ‘em his own.

In reference to the cowardly villagers:

Wallach: “If God didn’t want them sheared, he would not have made them sheep.”

In reference to the cowardly villagers hiring help – aka the magnificent seven:

Wallach: “Generosity… that was my first mistake. I leave these people a little bit extra, and then they hire these men to make trouble. It shows you – sooner or later – you must answer for every good deed.”

Brynner’s turn:

Yul: “He’s a good gun, and we aren’t heading for a church social.”

Yul 2: “Well, the graveyards are full of boys who were very young and very proud.”

Yul 3: “I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.”

McQueen’s characters answer to life:
McQueen: “It seemed to be a good idea at the time.”

The Bulletin staff on featuring the Magnificent Seven movie in this week’s edition:

“It seemed to be a good idea at the time.”

Here are the results from Week Seven in the BDFL (see below):

The Bulletin is skipping out on the narratives this week. Think of your own. It’s not that hard, just jank on the losers and praise the winners.

Ironically it looks like all of the BDFL’s Magnificent Seven [M7] Won (except the head-to-head, where it wasn’t possible for both to win:

Freebirds 27  [M7]

Juggernauts 3

Bullets 21 [M7]

Blitz 6

Mayors 26 [M7]

Blue Deacons 19

Cheetahs 32 [M7]

Armadillos 6

Dogs 22  [M7]

Bandits 12

Grenadiers 23   [M7]

PowerSleds 18  [M7]

Other Scores:

Sloth Monsters 23

Bellcows 21

Wildcats 46

Gamblers 24