<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $2 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2,250,000 (rentals) </Td> </Tr> <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> A poor village in Mexico is periodically raided for food and supplies by a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). After the latest raid, during which the bandits kill a villager, the village leaders decide they have had enough, and on the advice of the village elder (Vladimir Sokoloff), they decide to fight back . Taking what few objects of value the village has, three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons . They are impressed by Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran Cajun gunslinger, and approach him for advice . Chris suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as "men are cheaper than guns ." At first agreeing only to help them recruit men, Chris eventually decides to lead the group and, despite the meager pay offered, he finds five willing gunmen . </P>

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