I meant Robert Vaughn - you know, 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', not Robert
Wagner 'It Takes a Thief'!

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>

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