The Magnificent Seven
/ðə mæɡˌnɪfɪsnt ˈsevn/
/ðə mæɡˌnɪfɪsnt ˈsevn/
- a US western film (1960) about seven men who are hired by a Mexican village to protect them from bandits. It was based on Akira Kurosawa's Japanese film The Seven Samurai (1954). The music for the film was written by Elmer Bernstein. Three later films used the same characters but different actors.