The Making of The Magnificent Seven: Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western

"The story behind The Magnificent Seven could have been a movie in itself. A flop on release, the film became a box office hit. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story. An examination of the various screenplay drafts and the writers' source material--Kurosawa's Seven Samurai--shows who wrote what. Analysis of Sturges' directorial work is provided"--