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The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven
★ 6.6/10•1998•1h 0m•Drama•Western
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The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired between 1998 and 2000. It was filmed in Newhall, California. The pilot, scripted by Chris Black and Frank Q. Dobbs, was filmed in Mescal, Arizona and the Dragoon Mountains of Arizona, near Tombstone. Robert Vaughn, who had starred in the original 1960 movie, frequently guest-starred as a crusading judge.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 3, 1998

Episodes

E160m

Pilot (1) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy

A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.

Jan 3, 1998

E260m

Pilot (2) - The Ghosts of the Confederacy

A band of marauding Confederate soldiers threatens an Indian village. The village elders travel to a nearby town to purchase protection. They approach Chris and Vin with their offer. They quickly accept and recruit the rest of the seven to help them save the village. The seven protect the village, with Ezra showing up at the last moment and Nathan falling in love.

Jan 3, 1998

E360m

One Day Out West

J.D. volunteers to serve as sheriff when a Federal Judge, Mary's father, comes to clean up the town. Judge Travis enlists the Seven to protect the town.

Jan 10, 1998

E460m

Working Girls

The town takes in a group of 'working girls' escaping from their vengeful master.

Jan 17, 1998

E560m

Safecracker

An ex-safecracker traveling through town is forced to return to her nefarious ways by an adamant ex-partner.

Jan 24, 1998

E660m

Witness

Mary's young son visits, only to be haunted by his memories of a rogue townsperson. Ezra's con-artist mother comes to town.

Jan 31, 1998

E760m

Nemesis

Chris pursues the man he believes is responsible for the murder of his wife and sons. The rest of the seven try their best to keep Chris from doing something he might regret. A reporter follows the men around to get a story.

Feb 28, 1998

E860m

The Collector

The Seven get involved when a 'collector', Guy Royal, attempts to buy a string of homes; the future home of the railroad. Royal's hired gun has a bone to pick with Chris over an incident many years back. Josiah is excited when his former love, saloon singer Emma comes to town. J.D. competes with a tomboy.

Mar 7, 1998

E960m

Manhunt

Vin takes the lead in a manhunt to catch an escaped prisoner who took a local woman hostage. The girl's father, the local preacher, seeks vengeance.

Mar 14, 1998

E1060m

Inmate 78

Chris is arrested and thrown into a gulag-type prison camp while intervening in the arrest of an innocent man. He's subsequently informed that the sheriff identifies drifters who look like they have money, and arrest them on trumped-up charges until their families pay the bail. Vin, Ezra and the boys search for Chris when he doesn't return.

Mar 21, 1998

Actors

Michael Biehn

Michael Biehn

Chris Larabee

Eric Close

Eric Close

Vin Tanner

Andrew Kavovit

Andrew Kavovit

John Dunne

Dale Midkiff

Dale Midkiff

Buck Wilmington

Ron Perlman

Ron Perlman

Josiah Sanchez

Anthony Starke

Anthony Starke

Ezra Stendish

Rick Worthy

Rick Worthy

Nathan Jackson

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