"The Seven Samurai" 1954

Director : Akira Kurosawa

Plot :A classic film about a Japanese village in the 16th century that hires professional warriors to protect them from bandits. This film became a model for many American movies, notably The Magnificent Seven.

Cast : Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Inaba, Ko Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki

"The Magnificent Seven" 1960

Director : John Sturges ("The Great Escape")

Plot:Western treatment of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's classic The Seven Samurai. Seven American gunfighters are hired to rescue a poor Mexican village from bandits. This is considered a classic western.

Cast : Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz, Brad Dexter, Eli Wallach

Famous Elmer Bernstein musical score, which was nominated for an Oscar as Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

"Return of the Seven" 1966

Director Burt Kennedy

Plot :The gunslingers get together again to provide more protection.

Cast : Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Warren Oates, Jordan Christopher, Claude Akins, Emilio Fernandez

The Elmer Bernstein score was again nominated for an Oscar as Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment

"Guns of the Magnificent Seven" 1969

Director : Paul Wendkos

Plot : Action filled film with the Seven banding together once again to free a Mexican revolutionary leader from a well guarded fortress.

Cast : George Kennedy, Monte Markham, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Bernie Casey, Joe Don Baker, Scott Thomas, Michael Ansara, Fernando Rey

"The Magnificent Seven Ride" 1972

Director : George McCowan

Plot : One of the Seven is newly married. He enlists the aid of fellow gunfighters to rescue his kidnapped wife.

Cast : Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Mariette Hartley, Michael Callan, Luke Askew, Pedro Armendariz, Jr.