The Magnificent Seven

A man-child.

- Look, look! - Gather round.

He is a man-child.

He shall be called Osceola.

Get to your homes.

- No, I must be with you. - No, go.

What is this place?

We are Seminole.

This is our home.

We run bunches just like this one out of Florida.

Before the war.

Half-breed trash, colonel.

Filthy mix of outlaw Indians and runaway slaves.

You know what to do, captain.

Yes, sir. Company dismount!

- Dismount! - Take food and supplies.

I respect no man's law but my own.

You can beg your Yankee carpetbagger government...

for compensation.

And you tell them...

the ghosts of the Confederacy will not die.

You wanna mess with me?

Your orders were to take food and supplies. Nothing more.

Well...

I'll be damned.

Hey, what do you got?

Give me that.

Oh, it ain't nothing but a bunch of dirt!

Colonel! Look what I found!

Is that what I think it is, sir?

This is the face of our new land.

Gold.

The ancient alchemist thought he could turn lead into gold...

but I know I can turn gold into bullets.

Fire!

- Reload. - Reload!

I would appreciate knowing where your gold is coming from.

- There is no more. - No.

Of course there isn't. I guess we need another demonstration.

Swing it around.

Swing it around.

I'm afraid I must insist on an answer.

We have no more gold.

- Carry on. - No, wait.

Colonel, what if this man is telling the truth?

If we had money for arms...

there are thousands living under the heels of the Yankees...

who would be willing to join us.

Stand aside, captain.

We will find the gold.

There's a mine!

There's a mine in the hills!

Get the men ready.

All right, men. Mount up!

Mount up!

We will return in seven days. And that hole will be filled with gold...

or we will fill it with your blood.

Company!

- Move out! - Move out!

What we going do? There's no gold.

The mines, they collapse years ago.

Would he have believed that?

We got few warriors, no guns.

Now we gonna have to leave before they come back.

Where will we go?

This is now our home.

We must get help.

We cannot go on running. No. We must stay and fight.

Let me go!

What are you doing?

Town always this lively?

Trail herd from Texas.

All liquored up.

Got in the mood for a lynch.

Where's the law?

Marshal and his deputy. That isnt even his horse.

Stop right there.

Step aside, lady.

We don't hang men around here for no reason.

He killed a good man. Said he was a doctor, but he let him die.

I never said I was no doctor!

Nathan didn't kill your boss. Gangrene did.

You ought to be thankful we're getting rid of this quack.

Ain't no darkie doctors. And there never will be.

You're not hanging that man.

I said, get out of my way!

We're late for a funeral, boys!

Get this wagon moving!

Are you people just gonna let this happen?

You walk off with that rifle and you're fired.

Hell, I'm probably gonna get myself killed.

Now I gotta worry about a new job too.

Hey, mister! Where are we?

You get your damn head back in there if you know what's good for you!

- Hey, this ain't your stop. - Lt is now.

This is why I came west.

Figure you'd like to watch your killer swing, Mr. Fallon.

What the hell do you want?

Cut him loose.

Reckon y'all would be happier if you just rode away.

Not a chance, boys.

Shot a lot of holes in the clouds back there.

Anybody stop to reload?

I got him.

I got him! I got him!

You don't shoot nobody in the back.

- Name's Chris. - Vin Tanner.

- New in town? - Yesterday. You?

Last week.

Buffalo hunter?

Among other things.

Not many left to hunt.

One of y'all wanna pull the knife out that fellow? Cut me loose here?

Gentlemen, I run the Clarion News. Where did you come from?

Saloon.

Hey, I wanna talk to you. Where are you going?

- Saloon. - Saloon.

- The sight's a little off. - You can keep it.

You know them, Virgil?

Don't you recognize that stranger?

The one in black?

Chris Larabee.

Whiskey.

One for the doc here.

Like the man said, ain't no darkie doctors.

I was a stretcher bearer in the Union Army.

Picked up what I could in the field hospital.

We wanna hire you.

Thirty-five dollars, give or take.

This may not seem like much to you, but it's all that we have.

How many of these ghosts are there?

Would 20 men scare you?

Hell, I was making $5 a week at the hardware store...

without anybody shooting at me.

Assuming you pay $5 a head, that gets us all of seven men.

The Seminoles risked their lives for many an escaped slave.

They took us in when nobody else would.

For $5, they can have a week of my life.

Or all of it.

Hell, I wasn't planning on dying with a broom in my hand anyway.

All right. Tomorrow afternoon, then.

- We cannot put our trust in them. - I don't.

If they're asking for help from the white man, they're desperate.

But how are we gonna find hired guns for $5?

I think I know a man who can help.

I know one too. If we can get him out of bed.

Hey, you in there with my wife?

Lord, it's gotta be my Billy.

I thought he was in Yuma prison.

Oh, he is. He was.

Just a minute, hon.

I hear you in there! Open this door!

I gotta go.

Someone's gonna get you, you rabbit.

Sorry, ma'am. Wrong room.

Afternoon, Buck.

Interrupt something?

Chris. Hey, you old war dog! Good to see you, buddy.

Easy, big fella. Folks will talk.

I got a job. You interested?

Yeah. What's it pay?

- Five dollars. - A day?

I know it ain't much.

- How are the odds? - Three, 4-1.

Just our kind of fight. How did you know I was here?

I make a point of knowing who's in town. Live longer that way.

You with us?

Is he with you?

There gonna be ladies there?

I imagine so.

Then imagine I'm in.

He says he's not coming. He says that's his penance.

- For what? - He won't say.

Word is, he done killed a lot of men.

He's a hard man to persuade.

Could be useful in a fight.

The Seminoles are the dispossessed of the Earth, Josiah.

Ain't saving lives a part of saving souls?

Seems to me, a man ought to put his own house in order first.

We can promise you a hell of a fight.

Hell?

Already been there.

- Think he'll change his mind? - Maybe. We could ride by tomorrow.

Dead center.

Let's see you beat that.

Stand aside, sir. You are obstructing my view.

This should be a piece of cake.

- Pay up. - Nonsense.

I was encumbered by the debris on the floor.

- Then let's just try it again. - Pleasure.

Double or nothing.

It's your money.

Get ready to duck, boys.

He put all six in the same hole.

My, my. How astonishing.

I've never done that before.

You sure sobered up quickly, mister.

Must be the desert air.

We don't take kindly to being hustled.

Let's see how good you can shoot with one eye.