On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> 'The Great Escape' was terrific but the movie is 'The Magnificent Seven'
> with Yul Brynner, Robert Wagner, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Charles Bronson
> and...damn.  Help me here Loren.
>

Jake's the first to get it right.
Robert Wagner was not in it .
Main characters were played by Yul Brenner (already an established actor)
and then Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst
Buchholz and Brad Dexter.  All but Yul Brenner were virtual unknowns before
that movie.  Horst Buchholtz was known in Europe but was trying to break
into movies in the US.  Unfortunately he broke his neck during filming of
another movie shortly thereafter, returned to Europe and had a good career
there and in the US.  Brad Dexter had an unremarkable career both before and
after "Magnificent Seven".  The main 'bad guy' was played by Eli Wallach and
he and Robert Vaughn are the only two of the eight main characters in the
movie that are still alive.