Brad Dexter:
Screen Tough Guy Remembers
The Magnificent Seven
by: Ed G. Lousararian
Nearly forty years later, The Magnificent Seven remains
one of
the world's most cherished films, as John Sturges' team of
professional gunslingers on an errand of mercy has entered
into American lore.
Those who bask in the legend which took root in this sentimental
actioneer, include Yul Brynner--the leader of the seven, Steve
McQueen--his right-hand man, and Brad Dexter--his calculating
confidant.
Brad Dexter, in the same vein as John Wayne, Don Collier, and
Brian Keith, looks completely at home in the Western. Dexter
exemplifies the presence and stature the ideal cowboy hero should
possess. His way of talking, walking, and drawing a gun, is always......
Brad Dexter's Western Filmography |
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| 1956 The Oklahoman Bottom of the Bottle Beyond the River (contemporary western) 1959 1960 |
1962 Taras Bulba (western elements) 1964 1972 |