I meant Robert Vaughn - you know, 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', not Robert Wagner 'It Takes a Thief'!
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Jake de Villiers < > crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 'The Great Escape' was terrific but the movie is 'The Magnificent Seven' >> with Yul Brynner, Robert Wagner, Eli Wallach, James Coburn, Charles >> Bronson >> and...damn. Help me here Loren. >> > > Jake's the first to get it right. > Robert Wagner was not in it . > Main characters were played by Yul Brenner (already an established actor) > and then Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst > Buchholz and Brad Dexter. All but Yul Brenner were virtual unknowns before > that movie. Horst Buchholtz was known in Europe but was trying to break > into movies in the US. Unfortunately he broke his neck during filming of > another movie shortly thereafter, returned to Europe and had a good career > there and in the US. Brad Dexter had an unremarkable career both before and > after "Magnificent Seven". The main 'bad guy' was played by Eli Wallach and > he and Robert Vaughn are the only two of the eight main characters in the > movie that are still alive. > >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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