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8 unusual facts about The Magnificent Seven


Hackney Hawks

The riders and track staff marched onto the track to the sound of the theme tune of the film The Magnificent Seven and that tune inspires more memories for Hackney Hawks fans than anything else.

Interoceanic Railway of Mexico

A steam locomotive and train appear in the movie The Magnificent Seven, during the scene where Britt joins the band.

Len Beadle

Indeed, Beadle was sued for breach of intellectual property by the owners of the theme to The Magnificent Seven.

Mag Force 7

Based originally on The Magnificent Seven, the team developed a much more varied membership just in time to star in their own novels: The Knights of the Black Earth, Robot Blues and Hung Out.

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven (also called Return of the Magnificent Seven), is the first sequel to the 1960 western, The Magnificent Seven.

Sengoku period

It also bears some parallels with the American westerns; Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, for example, was remade in a western setting as The Magnificent Seven.

The Illegitimates

Killam and Andreyko are fans of heroic fiction stories, such as The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen and King Arthur, in which a group is assembled of individuals who are each introduced in a way that establishes their unique characteristics, and thus, the first issue introduces the cast in this manner.

Trowell services

Trowell services appeared in an episode of the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, where the actors discuss who they would be in The Magnificent Seven.


Daisuke Jigen

The Tokyo Pop releases of the original Lupin manga note in their preface that Jigen's appearance and temperament are based on the actor James Coburn, especially Coburn's role in The Magnificent Seven.

Kathleen Luong

She has appeared in Baywatch, JAG, and The Magnificent Seven (TV series 1998), and has premiered in lead roles such as Timothy Linh Bui's Green Dragon, Marie Giese's Hunger, Missing Brendan and In Search of a Midnight Kiss.

Neil Landau

His film and television credits include the teen comedy Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Melrose Place, The Magnificent Seven, Doogie Howser, M.D., The Secret World of Alex Mack and MTV's Undressed.

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla

Stephen King has acknowledged multiple sources of influence for this story, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, its stepchild The Magnificent Seven, Sergio Leone's "Man with No Name" trilogy, and other works by Howard Hawks and John Sturges, among others.

The Sabata Trilogy

Ironically, Lee Van Cleef, star of the first Sabata film had been offered the role, but had to decline because he was committed to The Magnificent Seven Ride in the role of Chris Adams, which Brynner had made famous in The Magnificent Seven.


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