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Mexican villagers, plagued by a band of bandits, send a few of their number north to the border, to buy guns so they can defend themselves. They end up hiring seven gunmen to help them instead.
''The Magnificent Seven'' is a western retelling (in both senses of the term) of ''[[Seven Samurai|The Seven Samurai]]'' (with a brilliant and memorable [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iteRKvRKFA score], to boot). This film [[Rated "M" for Manly|has so much testosterone that a girl risks getting pregnant just by watching it]]. It is widely considered one of the last great westerns.
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** Played straight: Actually not terrible compared to some westerns, but several characters make shots on the run, shoot guns out of hands, etc.
** Averted: Britt, acknowledged to be the best with a gun, takes several seconds to line up a shot that, while not point blank, isn't terribly long range either, and he still claims to have missed his target (whether or not he actually did is debatable).
* [[Instant Fanclub]] -- Bernardo, though it doesn't do him much good; see [[Stop Helping Me!]].
* [[Knife Nut]] -- Britt uses a throwing knife in a gunfight. And ''wins''.
* [[Naive Newcomer]] -- Chico again.
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* [[The Quiet One]] -- ''Two'' of them. James Coburn's character 'Britt' (the knife-thrower), with 11 lines total during the 128 minute-long film; and Robert Vaughn's 'Lee' (the gambler), who has a whopping 16 lines.
** Britt's lines also tend to be ''short.'' In his [[Establishing Character Moment|introductory scene]], he only speaks five words.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]] -- It's a very macho movie, in a good sense.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]] -- Played straight with both {{spoiler|Lee ''and'' Harry. Lee, who has been struggling with his cowardice throughout the whole movie, is shot to death five seconds after saving a group of villagers. Harry dies saving a cornered Chris from being killed.}}
* [[Say My Name]] -- [[Invoked]] by Bernardo {{spoiler|as he's dying.}}
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* [[The Stoic]] -- Britt. Also Chris to some extent.
** You could make an argument for everyone (except Chico). The point being that everyone else on the crew has seen so much in their day it takes a lot to make them shocked, surprised, hurt, etc.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]] -- Bernardo's [[Instant Fanclub]] follow him everywhere trying to be useful; in the end {{spoiler|they get him killed when they distract him during a gunfight.}}
* [[The Team Wannabe]]
* [[Token Romance]] -- {{spoiler|Chico and Petra}}
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