The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 Western film directed by John Sturges and stars Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and James Coburn. The film is a remake of the 1954 Kurosawa Japanese film Seven Samurai. Sturges’ American version of the film focuses on a group of seven gunmen hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of bandits. Tune in to hear interviews with writers Paul Bishop and Marshall Terrill, who dive deep into the classic Western.