The seven main characters from the poster of The Magnificent Seven (1960)
While it’s hard to objectively say which decade the Western genre thrived the most during, there’s a more than solid argument to be made that it was the 1960s. Societal attitudes were changing, restrictions on content were loosening, audiences seemed keen to watch somewhat more challenging or subversive films, and the Spaghetti Western subgenre was also born, with these films – made by Italian directors and outside the U.S., for the most part – rivaling those made in America.
Release Date November 30, 1966 Director Sergio Corbucci Cast Franco Nero , José Canalejas , José Bódalo , Loredana Nusciak , Ángel Álvarez , Gino Pernice , Simón Arriaga , Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia Runtime 91 Minutes 9 'The Magnificent Seven' Director: John Sturges In a potentially bittersweet way, The Magnificent Seven feels like one of the last truly great old-fashioned Westerns, separating its heroes from its villains quite neatly and being about heroism,...
It’s a fairly underrated Western overall, though this could also be because it’s not much of a Western in the traditional sense. Its unconventionality and modern-day setting ultimately help it stand out, with the cast of Lonely Are the Brave also being particularly strong, as Douglas, Gena Rowlands, and Walter Matthau all deliver great performances.
In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, those two characters have to go on the run after making too many enemies through their outlaw ways, with a steadily increasing number of people out to get them, even as they flee the U.S. and make it as far as Bolivia. It’s an exciting film, an effortlessly entertaining one, and a Western that truly doesn’t feel like it’s aged in any way, even though it was released more than half a century ago.
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