The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

George McCowan

Writer:

Arthur Rowe (written by)

Release Date:

1 August 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

A Brand New Seven -- Doing Their Number! They put their lives on the line and let it ride!

Plot:

Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits...

Plot Keywords:

Bandit | Tied Up | Sequel | Jail | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Lee Van Cleef	...	Marshal Chris Adams
Stefanie Powers	...	Mrs. Laurie Gunn
Michael Callan	...	Noah Forbes
Mariette Hartley	...	Arilla Adams
Luke Askew	...	Mark Skinner
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Pepe Carral (as Pedro Armendariz Jr.)
Ralph Waite	...	Jim Mackay
Melissa Murphy	...	Madge Buchanan
William Lucking	...	Walt Drummond
James Sikking	...	Captain Andy Hayes
Ed Lauter	...	Scott Elliot
Allyn Ann McLerie	...	Mrs. Donavan
Gary Busey	...	Hank Allan
Robert Jaffe	...	Bob Allan
Darrell Larson	...	Shelly

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Joshua Tree, California, USA

Company:

Mirisch Production Company, The

Goofs:

Continuity: When Chris and Noah go after Shelly, Chris goes back and forth between wearing a coat and not wearing a coat, and Noah goes back and forth between wearing a vest and not wearing a vest.

Quotes:

Marshall Chris Adams: Tell me everything you know about him. What he likes, how he acts, everything.
Laurie Gunn: Well, ah, the first thing you notice about him are... his eyes. They tell you that he is mad. Crazy mad.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000) (TV)

Rock-bottom.

The series finally hits rock-bottom with this lousy fourth installment, which was (thank God) the last one. None of the three sequels did justice to the highly entertaining original, but this particular film is nothing more than a shameless attempt to exploit the name of the "Magnificent Seven" and Bernstein's rousing music theme. The production values resemble those of a made-for-TV movie and the characters are forgettable and indistinguishable: in parts "II" and "III" you couldn't remember their names, here you can't even remember their faces. Lee Van Cleef was an inappropriate choice for the role of Chris, but nobody could have replaced Yul Brynner in our minds anyway. Don't waste your time.