History Film / TheMagnificentSeven1960

* SoMuchForStealth: After being driven out of the village, the gunmen (minus Harry) attempt to sneak back in and take it back. That goes out the window when Vin impulsively shoots a bandit, kicking off the final shoot-out.

* TheParanoiac: Lee is a jumpy paranoid wreck due to the repeated and near constant attempts on his life from individuals trying to kill the famous gunslinger to take his fame.

* NervousWreck: Lee, a deconstruction of the archetypal badass western gunslinger, has become completely paranoid due to frequent attempts on his life. No civilian wants him around because of the inevitable violence that will happen when someone tries to kill Lee to take his fame, and his nerves are completely shot from his experiences.

* LookWhatICanDoNow: When Chico first tries to join the seven, Chris tests him by having him clap before Chris can draw his gun, and he is unable to do so. The next time they see him, his reflexes have improved to the point that he is catching fish with his bare hands, and he is accepted into the group.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Lee, of the gunslinger archetype. His sharp eye, fast hands, and take-no-crap attitude has given him... [[ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest a life of jumping at every shadow for fear of the next person to try to take his title]], and paying exorbitant amounts of money to sleep in stables and storehouses because inn-keepers are afraid their place will be shot up if they let him have a room.

** [[OneSceneWonder The travelling clothes salesmanm Henry]] is quite memorable for his witty remarks about the "Old Sam" situation. As is the undertaker, Chamlee.

* TheGunslinger: All the seven are expert gunsligers recruited by Chris to defend a small Mexican town from bandits. Britt is unquestionably stated to be the best QuickDraw alive with both gun and knife and proves it, though [[spoiler:it's not enough to keep him from being killed in the climactic firefight]].

-->'''Chamlee:''' For twenty dollars, I'd plant anybody with a hoop and a holler. But the funeral is off.\\
'''Lee:''' ''Now how do you like that. I want him buried, you want him buried and if he could sit up and talk, he'd second the motion. Now that's as unanimous as you can get.''

'''Henry:''' Now how do you like that. I want him buried, you want him buried and if he could sit up and talk, he'd second the motion. Now that's as unanimous as you can get.\\'''

-->'''Chamlee:''' For twenty dollars, I'd plant anybody with a hoop and a holler. But the funeral is off. \\
-->'''Henry:''' Now how do you like that. I want him buried, you want him buried and if he could sit up and talk, he'd second the motion. Now that's as unanimous as you can get.\\

** [[OneSceneWonder The travelling clothes salesman]] is quite memorable for his witty remarks about the "Old Sam" situation.

* AdaptationExpansion: Given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization and five minutes of screen time in ''Film/SevenSamurai'', Calvera received one of these in spades. Eli Wallach was reluctant to take the role until he was assured this would happen. Several of the Seven are similarly developed, such as Heihachi's counterpart Bernardo having the baggage of being mixed-race and dealing with an InstantFanClub of boys who don't fully understand the sad and lonely live he leads, or Gorobei's counterpart Harry being a figure motivated by greed more than eternal loyalty to an old friend.

* AdaptationDistillation: Creator/AkiraKurosawa loved the film so much that he gave director John Sturges a samurai sword.

* AdaptationExpansion: Given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization and five minutes of screen time in ''Film/SevenSamurai'', Calvera received one of these in spades. Eli Wallach was reluctant to take the role until he was assured this would happen.

* {{Bandito}}: Calvera and his gang certainly qualify.

* UnwantedAssistance: Bernardo's Instant Fanclub follows him everywhere and tries to help him in any way they can; [[spoiler:they get him killed in the final battle when they distract him during a gunfight]].

* AdaptationExpansion: Given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization and five minutes of screen time in ''Film/SevenSamurai'', Calvera received one of these in spades.

* WhiteMansBurden: The Seven are mainly white Americans (except Chico, who is Mexican, and Bernardo, who is half-Irish half-Mexican). They decide to defend helpless Mexican villagers.

* AdaptationExpansion:
** Given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization and five minutes of screen time in ''Film/SevenSamurai'', Calvera received one of these in spades.
** Not to mention, a single Japanese source film ended up being adapted into ''four'' American films, so there's a lot of expansion going on after what originally marked the end of the story.

* AndStarring: "And introducing Horst Buchholz" appears at the very end of the cast, separate from his six Magnificent co-stars and Eli Wallach. This wasn't Buccholz's first movie role, but it was the first time American audiences got a good look at him.

** [[TheMentor The Mentor]]: Harry.

Action-packed and featuring an unforgettable music score by Music/ElmerBernstein, ''The Magnificent Seven'' has [[RatedMForManly has so much testosterone that a girl risks getting pregnant just by watching it]]. Numerous film historians call it one of the last great "classical" Westerns (i.e., Westerns prior to the rise of the SpaghettiWestern subgenre).

* BatmanColdOpen: The film does a Western variation (escorting a dead Indian to a cemetery whilst under fire) of the Batman Cold Open from Kurosawa's original. It both establishes Chris and Vin's creds as awesome gunslingers and solidifies their respect for each other.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: During their first confrontation, Chris tells Calvera to ride on. Calvera doesn't take it well.

* ThrowItIn: Horst Buckholz improvised the scene where Chico pretends to be a bullfighter with one of the village cows.

* TheQuietOne: Britt has eleven total lines of dialogue; Lee has sixteen total lines.
** Britt's lines also tend to be ''short.'' In his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introductory scene]], he only speaks five words.

* SarcasmBlind: Annoyed with Chico, Vin and Chris sarcastically suggest that he go and ask Calvera his plans for the night. Chico does ''exactly that'', infiltrating Calvera's camp and even speaking directly with Calvera under the cover of the particularly dim fire in the camp. Without being discovered as a spy, Chico slips away from Calvera's camp, returns to the village, and tells everyone the awful truth that [[spoiler:Calvera's men are starving and have nowhere else to turn for food]].

* TwilightOfTheOldWest: A constant undertone throughout the film. Many of the Seven are facing the prospect of becoming has-beens without a purpose in the newly "civilized" West — and it's indicated that this is a major reason they accept the job: it makes them feel needed. (This parallels Kurosawa's original film, where the samurai are ''ronin'' who are suffering the end of the feudal era of Japan.)

* TheCenterpieceSpectacular: The first confrontation with Calvera and the bandits, which leads to a round of back-to-back BadassBoasts.

* ClothingDamage: Chico's hat gets a hole shot through it. Britt gives a sombrero to replace it, which comes in handy when infiltrating Calvera's camp.

* CoolGuns: All of the Seven use Colt Single Action Army pisols, usually Artillery models. Calvera uses the Quickdraw model while Vin also carries the Cavalry model. Several of the townspeople also use Colt SAAs in training.