What was the name of the knife thrower played by James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven (one word)
"Chris must secretly be expecting a much bigger reward for the work; the Irish Mexican Bernardo O'Reilly (Charles Bronson), who has fallen on hard times; Britt (James Coburn), an expert in both knife and gun who joins purely for the challenge involved; and the dapper, on-the-run gunman Lee (Robert Vaughn), plagued by nightmares of fallen enemies and haunted by fears that he has lost his nerve for battle. On their way to the village they are trailed by the hotheaded Chico (Horst Buchholz), an aspiring gunfighter whose previous attempts to join Chris had been spurned. Impressed by his persistence, Chris"
"James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in ""Affliction"". A capable, rough-hewn leading man, his toothy grin and lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in numerous leading and supporting roles in westerns and action films, such as ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""Hell Is for Heroes"", ""The Great Escape"", ""Charade"", ""Our Man Flint"", ""In Like Flint"", ""Duck,"
"Chris Adams (character) Chris Adams is a fictional character in the 1960 western film ""The Magnificent Seven"", originally played by Yul Brynner, whose portrayal of Chris Adams resembles Takashi Shimura's representation of Kambei. Chris Adams, a Cajun, is the laconic leader of a band of seven gunmen. He always wears black, smokes cigars, and shoots sharp. He is a man of principle, incorruptible and sturdy. Chris, and to a lesser extent the others of the Seven, are examples of the ""western hero""-archetype who is resolute, ""single minded"", ""independent"", ""strong"", ""loyal"", and ""honorable"" as well as having various other positive characteristics."
"The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst Buchholz. The film is an Old West–style remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese film ""Seven Samurai"". Brynner, McQueen, Bronson, Vaughn, Dexter, Coburn and Buchholz portray the title characters, a group of seven gunfighters hired to protect a small village in Mexico from a group of marauding bandits (whose leader is played by Wallach). The film's musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. In 2013, the film"
"Daisuke Jigen According to Monkey Punch, the character was created as a possible American gangster based on actor James Coburn, especially his role in ""The Magnificent Seven"". When the series was adapted into animation, the role was portrayed by Kiyoshi Kobayashi, the voice actor responsible for dubbing many of Coburn's roles into Japanese. Jigen is master thief Arsène Lupin III's right-hand man and sharpshooter. He can perform a 0.3-second quick-draw, providing accuracy that borders on superhuman. With ease he can shoot skeet with a handgun, explode a missile before it hits by targeting the warhead, and deflect another bullet by"
"""the film's most completely unbelieavable contrivance,"" but still thought that ""the film manages to be both impressive and likeable."" Akira Kurosawa, for his part, was reportedly so impressed by the film that he presented John Sturges with a sword. At the 33rd Academy Awards, the score was nominated for Best Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, losing to Ernest Gold's score for ""Exodus"". Many decades later, however, the score for ""The Magnificent Seven"" was listed at 8 on the American Film Institute's list of the top 25 American film scores. The film has grown greatly in esteem since its"
"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.In a television documentary celebrating the manga's history, Monkey Punch stated he bases the Jigen/Lupin relationship on Alain Delon and Charles Bronson's teaming in the 1968 film Adieu l'ami. Jigen first appeared in chapter 7 of the manga . In the anime series, Jigen is an expert gunman who can shoot in 0.3 seconds with his Smith & Wesson Model 19. Although his M19 is his preferred weapon, he"
"leader of the Seven, is Adams' counterpart in the 2016 remake. He's played by Denzel Washington. Chris Adams (character) Chris Adams is a fictional character in the 1960 western film ""The Magnificent Seven"", originally played by Yul Brynner, whose portrayal of Chris Adams resembles Takashi Shimura's representation of Kambei. Chris Adams, a Cajun, is the laconic leader of a band of seven gunmen. He always wears black, smokes cigars, and shoots sharp. He is a man of principle, incorruptible and sturdy. Chris, and to a lesser extent the others of the Seven, are examples of the ""western hero""-archetype who is"
"was based on James Coburn, especially his role in ""The Magnificent Seven"", and his name was chosen to reflect his unconventional personality. Goemon was created to give an oriental element into an otherwise western series. Despite Lupin and Goemon originally being enemies, Monkey Punch decided that they were on the same wavelength. While Lupin, Fujiko, Jigen and Goemon frequently operate together for their own goals, the author considers them not to be a true group as they have their own individual interests. In the manga they operated individually, however in the anime adaptations the group tend to work together. Inspector"
"the hip"", and Paul Schrader noted ""he was of that 50's generation. He had that part hipster, part cool-cat aura about him. He was one of those kind of men who were formed by the Rat Pack kind of style."" James Coburn James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American actor. He featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career, ultimately winning an Academy Award in 1999 for his supporting role as Glen Whitehouse in ""Affliction"". A capable, rough-hewn leading man, his toothy grin"
"hand. The character of Sam Chisolm (played by Denzel Washington) in the 2016 movie ""The Magnificent Seven"" plays a bounty hunter and gunfighter who carries his pistol in a Cavalier Holster. It was alluded that the character fought for the Union in the Civil War. The character of Rick O'Connell (played by Brendan Fraser) in the 1999 movie, """"The Mummy"""", uses this draw technique with guns on both left and right sides. Cavalry draw Cavalry draw is a method used to extract a pistol from a holster, which is designed to carry the pistol butt-forward. The name and technique come"
"played Adams in the ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" (1969), while Lee Van Cleef portrayed the character in another sequel ""The Magnificent Seven Ride"" (1972). Larabee is closely based on the ""Chris Adams"" character played by Yul Brynner in the original film. His wife and son were murdered before the start of the series and this has turned him into a reserved but deadly individual. He is on a personal quest to find out who killed his wife and son. This is a recurring theme through several episodes in the series. Sam Chisolm, a warrant officer from Wichita, Kansas, and"
"role that ultimately went to George Peppard in the series; and Robert Vaughn was added to the cast in the final season as part of a revamp attempt to boost fading ratings. A remake of the film was released on September 23, 2016, with Antoine Fuqua directing and Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier and Peter Sarsgaard starring. The Magnificent Seven The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American Western film directed by John Sturges and starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn and Horst"
"career. For example, in 1957 he played a character called ""Fronk"" who was the family gardener in five episodes of the suburban sitcom ""Father Knows Best"". The majority of his work was in television, with an occasional movie role. Perhaps the highest-profile film in which he appeared was ""The Magnificent Seven"" (1960), portraying ""Miguel"", one of the Mexican townspeople trying to defend their farming village from a band of outlaws. In 1988, he appeared in a Robert Redford film called ""Milagro Beanfield War"" (1988) where he portrayed ""Onofre"", a man with one arm, who said his arm was eaten off"
"they pass the graves of their fallen comrades, Chris admits, ""The Old Man was right. Only the farmers won. We lost. We'll always lose."" James Coburn was a great fan of the Japanese film ""Seven Samurai"", having seen it 15 times, and was hired through the help of co-star and former classmate Robert Vaughn, after the role of the expert gunslinger had been rejected by actors Sterling Hayden and John Ireland. Sturges was eager to cast Steve McQueen in the picture, having just worked with him on the 1959 film ""Never So Few"", but McQueen could not get a release"
"Magnificent Seven"" (1960) and its first sequel ""Return of the Seven"", and the android ""The Gunslinger"" in ""Westworld"" (1973) and its sequel ""Futureworld"" (1976). Brynner was known for his shaved head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it in 1951 for his role in ""The King and I"". Earlier, he was a model and television director, and later a photographer and the author of two books. Yul Brynner was born Yuliy Borisovich Briner on July 11, 1920 in Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic (present-day Primorsky Krai, Russia). He enjoyed telling tall tales and exaggerating his background and"
"Guns of the Magnificent Seven Guns of the Magnificent Seven is a 1969 western, styled in the genre of a Zapata Western, the second sequel to the classic 1960 western action film, ""The Magnificent Seven"", itself based on Akira Kurosawa's ""Seven Samurai"" (1954). The film was directed by Paul Wendkos and produced by Vincent M. Fennelly. It stars George Kennedy as Chris Adams, the character Yul Brynner portrayed in the first two films. The additions to the cast to make up the ""new"" seven are Monte Markham, Bernie Casey, James Whitmore, Reni Santoni, Joe Don Baker and Scott Thomas. Each"
"reviews. McQueen's character, Bill Ringa, was never more comfortable than when driving at high speed—in this case in a jeep—or handling a switchblade or a tommy gun. After ""Never So Few"", the film's director John Sturges cast McQueen in his next movie, promising to ""give him the camera"". ""The Magnificent Seven"" (1960), in which he played Vin Tanner and co-starred with Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Robert Vaughn, Charles Bronson, and James Coburn, became McQueen's first major hit and led to his withdrawal from ""Wanted: Dead or Alive"". McQueen's focused portrayal of the taciturn second lead catapulted his career. His added"
"the KGB, in six films between 1977 and 1987; and Richard Kiel as Jaws, in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" and ""Moonraker"", assisting 007 in the latter film. Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western ""Wild Rovers"" (1971), before receiving worldwide fame for his iconic roles as a mafia hitman in ""Charley Varrick"" (1973),"
"the magnificent seven, of the 1960 John Sturges western. Easy to start with: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, and Horst Buchholz. But if Brad Dexter... is usually the last to be mentioned, it is mainly because of the fame of the others; actually, he was rather good as the most mercenary of the septet. ... the cool and taciturn Harry Luck... The film's success did not immediately benefit Dexter's career: he returned to television, guest starring in ""The Aquanauts"", ""Hawaiian Eye"", ""General Electric Theatre"", ""Tales of Wells Fargo"", ""Surfside 6"", ""The Investigators"", ""Death Valley Days"""
"and also required action scenes and horseback-riding. Between ""Custer"" and ""Lancer"", Maunder appeared on three ABC series: the pilot episode of ""Kung Fu"" series with David Carradine, twice on ""The F.B.I."" with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., as Knox in ""Time Bomb"" (1970) and as Earl Gainey in ""The Fatal Showdown"" (1972), and as Don Pierce in the episode ""Crossfire"" of the police drama ""The Rookies"" (1973). Maunder appeared as attorney Mike Barrett in the 1971 20th Century Fox film ""The Seven Minutes"", a drama about a banned book and a rape which created chaos in a town. His costars included Philip"
"The group is led by an elderly man in a wheelchair named Harman Smith, who exhibits ""Multifoliate Personae Phenomenon"". This condition allows him to physically transform into one of his seven assassin personae: African American Garcian Smith, aggressive Irish American Dan Smith, barefoot Japanese American female KAEDE Smith, albino Briton Kevin Smith, Puerto Rican Coyote Smith, young Chinese American Con Smith, and Mexican American luchador MASK de Smith. These people were gifted killers in life and Harman absorbed their souls through his condition after their deaths. The killer7 were temporarily incapacitated in an incident 50 years ago, in which the"
"Seven Sinners (1936 film) Seven Sinners is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings and Felix Aylmer. In the U.S. it was known under this title and also as Doomed Cargo. The screenplay concerns an American detective and his sidekick, who travel from France to England to take on a gang of international criminals. The film was made at Lime Grove Studios by Gainsborough Pictures. Its sets were designed by the Hungarian art director Ernö Metzner. During Carnival in Nice, somewhat drunk, New York private detective Ed Harwood stumbles into the"
"The Magnificent Seven (TV series) The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which was itself a remake of the Japanese film ""Seven Samurai"". The series premiered on January 3, 1998, and ran for two seasons on CBS, airing through July 3, 2000. The cast of ""The Magnificent Seven"" included Michael Biehn, Eric Close, and Ron Perlman. Robert Vaughn, who played one of the seven gunmen in the original 1960 movie, had a recurring role as a crusading judge on the series. Seven men from the western United States band together and form the"
"on DVD on January 31, 2006, by MGM Home Entertainment. Guns of the Magnificent Seven Guns of the Magnificent Seven is a 1969 western, styled in the genre of a Zapata Western, the second sequel to the classic 1960 western action film, ""The Magnificent Seven"", itself based on Akira Kurosawa's ""Seven Samurai"" (1954). The film was directed by Paul Wendkos and produced by Vincent M. Fennelly. It stars George Kennedy as Chris Adams, the character Yul Brynner portrayed in the first two films. The additions to the cast to make up the ""new"" seven are Monte Markham, Bernie Casey, James"
"of the West"" (1958) and numerous lesser-known films. In 1960 Wilke had a small but memorable part in ""The Magnificent Seven"" as the railroad bully, Wallace, who was quickly killed off by James Coburn in the memorable ""gun vs. knife"" fight. He had an unusually sympathetic (and large) role in ""Days of Heaven"" (1978) as farmer Sam Shepard's ally, the farm foreman. In 1966 Wilke was cast as the courageous Sheriff McBain in the episode ""Brute Angel"" of the syndicated western series ""Death Valley Days"", hosted by Robert Taylor. In the story line McBain must arrest young cutthroat Sam Bolt"
"after bearing Cogburn a single, extremely clumsy son, Horace, (of whom Cogburn says, ""He never liked me anyway""). Cogburn is described as a ""fearless, one-eyed U.S. marshal who never knew a dry day in his life."" He was ""the toughest marshal"" working the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) on behalf of Judge Isaac Parker, the real-life judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (having criminal jurisdiction in the Indian Territory, as the bailiff repeatedly announces in both films). Cogburn shot a total of 64 men in eight years, killing 60 (not counting the men he"
"Joe Don Baker Joe Don Baker (born February 12, 1936) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio. He established himself as an action star with supporting roles as a mysterious cowboy drifter in ""Guns of the Magnificent Seven"" (1969), and as a deputy sheriff in the western ""Wild Rovers"" (1971), before receiving worldwide fame for his iconic roles as a mafia hitman in ""Charley Varrick"" (1973), real-life Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser in the classic action film ""Walking Tall"" (1973), brute force detective Mitchell in ""Mitchell"" (1975), deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in ""Final"
"Kerwin Mathews Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007) was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in ""The 7th Voyage of Sinbad"" (1958), ""The Three Worlds of Gulliver"" (1960) and ""Jack the Giant Killer"" (1962). Mathews was born in Seattle, Washington and was two years old when he moved with his divorced mother to Janesville, Wisconsin. He attended Janesville High School, graduating in 1943. Mathews said that ""a kind high school teacher put me in a play, and that changed my life."" According to a classmate, he was a ""handsome rascal"". After serving in"
"4, 2012 and still is available to order at Amazon.com and at tcm.com The Legend of the Golden Gun The Legend of the Golden Gun is a 1979 television Western film, starring Jeff Osterhage, Hal Holbrook, Carl Franklin, and Robert Davi John Golden, young farmer and Joshua Brown, a bible-quoting runaway slave, team up to track down the legendary Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill. On their journey the meet a legendary gunfighter named J.R. Swackhammer, who teaches the young farmer how to shoot and gives him a special gun that shoots seven rounds, the seventh which he must use to fight"
"The Magnificent Seven (2016 film) The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 American western action film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Nic Pizzolatto and Richard Wenk. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name, which in turn is a reimagining of the 1954 film ""Seven Samurai"". The film stars Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Haley Bennett, and Peter Sarsgaard. It is the final film of composer James Horner, who died the previous year after composing part of the score; his friend Simon Franglen completed the music."
"Lancaster, James Garner, Jimmy Stewart, Hugh O'Brian, Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner. Wyatt and Morgan Earp figure prominently in Michael Crichton's novel, ""Dragon Teeth"" (published posthumously in 2017). Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp (March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929) was an American Old West lawman and gambler in Cochise County, Arizona Territory, and a deputy marshal in Tombstone. He worked in a wide variety of trades throughout his life and took part in the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. He is often erroneously regarded as the central figure"
"get to do stuff that's like you're 12 years old. All of the reasons you went to the movies in the first place. You’re out there firing a six-shooter, riding a horse, being chased by a gunman, and all of that. It's the best! [Laughs.] The Gunslinger's appearance is based on Chris Adams, Brynner's character from ""The Magnificent Seven"". The two characters' costumes are nearly identical. According to Lazarus, Yul Brynner agreed to play the role for only $75,000 because he needed the money. In the scene when Richard Benjamin's character splashes the Gunslinger in the face with acid, Brynner's"