7 Men From Now (Seven Men from Now) (1956)
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Ben Stride (Randolph Scott, in a role originally slated for John Wayne) trudges stoically through the West, hunting down the seven men responsible for the murder of his wife in a Wells Fargo station holdup. As the film opens, we see him dispatching two of the miscreants during a driving rainstorm.… More Ben Stride (Randolph Scott, in a role originally slated for John Wayne) trudges stoically through the West, hunting down the seven men responsible for the murder of his wife in a Wells Fargo station holdup. As the film opens, we see him dispatching two of the miscreants during a driving rainstorm. Though the victims are deserving of their fate, the script is careful to detail the moral deterioration of Scott, who'd quit his sheriff's job to go on this unauthorized death hunt. Also turning up is Bill Master (Lee Marvin), not one of the bandits per se but actually a villain from Stride's past who happens upon the situation and sees a chance to make off with some loot. This film marked one of the few Randolph Scott/Budd Boetticher collaborations not released by Columbia Pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Budd Boetticher
- Genres
- Western, Classics
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1956 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Classic Western that is one of the high water marks of the American cinema.
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Brent Simon, Now Playing Magazine
Spare and artful...
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
It deserves to be viewed, as one of the greatest Westerns -- possibly one of the greatest films -- ever made.
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Chris Cabin, Filmcritic.com
gets everything right and we indeed feel this movie in our stomachs and hearts
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
The effect is not one of (pre) post-modern nudging, but a questioning of the conventions through the director's humanizing gaze.
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Cast
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Randolph Scott
as Ben Stride
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Gail Russell
as Annie Greer
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Lee Marvin
as Bill Master
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Walter Reed
as John Greer
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John Larch
as Pate Bodeen
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Don 'Red' Barry
as Clete
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Fred Graham
as Henchman
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Chuck Roberson
as Mason
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Steve Mitchell
as Fowler
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Pamela Duncan
as Senorita
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Stuart Whitman
as Cavalry Lieutenant
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John Beradino
as Clint
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John Phillips
as Jed