Yul Brynner did not want to return to the role of Chris, so the role was taken by George Kennedy, then at a height of popularity after winning his Academy Award for Cool Hand Luke (1967).
Despite bearing no resemblance to Yul Brynner, George Kennedy took over the role of Chris Adams, played by Brynner in the first two films. Even Adams' trademark dark clothing is gone. What remains is the steel resolve, and affinity for cigars.
Fernando Rey is the only actor besides Yul Brynner to appear in two Magnificent Seven films. He played a priest in Return of the Seven (1966) and the captured leader of the revolutionaries in this movie.
The boy Emil says his full name is Emiliano Zapata. Emiliano Zapata was an actual Mexican revolutionary who led peasant uprisings against Porfirio Díaz from 1910. If he is about eight years old in the movie, it would place the action in about 1887.
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By what name was Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) officially released in India in English?
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