Return of the Seven (1966)
Sequel to the classic 1960 film with Yul Brynner reprising his role of Chris from that film and Robert Fuller playing Vin who was originally played by Steve McQueen. Knowing this i couldn't help thinking that the reason Brynner was the only big name this time round was due to McQueen constantly upstaging him in the original. Claude Akins and Warren Oates are the only two other members of the seven i'd heard of.
Strikingly similar in story - the seven defend a backwater Tex-Mex town from bandits - but running a good half hour less, this film has barely any characterization of any person played by anyone i've not already named so two of the seven i couldn't even tell you their character names. As you can probably surmise this isn't a patch on The Magnificent Seven but for it's 90 minutes it does prove reasonably entertaining with some fun action set pieces, Elmer Bernstein's classic theme tune and of course the ever watchable Yul Brynner.
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