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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Its seasoned, contrasting hired guns cross the Mexican border for a mission that steadily reveals moral complications, matching the camaraderie, dry toughness, and expansive action of The Magnificent Seven.
02
Why this pick
This Mexican-set western pairs rival mercenaries amid revolutionary chaos, with cynical humor, shifting loyalties, and a vivid sense that every gunman has his own code.
03
Why this pick
A smaller-scale frontier job becomes a moving test of loyalty between aging gunmen; it shares the original’s honorable professionalism while giving the bond between its heroes more melancholy weight.
04
Why this pick
For the same borderland heat, tight-knit outlaw ensemble, and doomed code of brotherhood, this is a harsher, more violent variation with muscular widescreen staging.
05
Why this pick
Its legendary gunslinger carries the same weary dignity and moral isolation that Yul Brynner brings to Chris Adams, distilled into a tense, elegantly paced one-town drama.
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01 / THE STORY
A poor village in Mexico is periodically raided for food and supplies by a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach). After the latest raid, during which the bandits kill a villager, the village leaders decide they have had enough, and on the advice of the village elder (Vladimir Sokoloff), they decide to fight back. Taking what few objects of value the village has, three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons. They are impressed by Chris Adams (Yul Brynner), a veteran Cajun gunslinger, and approach him for advice. Chris suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village, as "men are cheaper than guns." At first agreeing only to help them recruit men, Chris eventually decides to lead the group and, despite the meager pay offered, he finds five willing gunmen.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Chris Adams
Calvera
Bernardo O'Reilly
Britt
Lee
Harry Luck
Chico
Chamlee
