A look back at one of the classics of the western genre, giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this long-time favorite about a group of mercenary gunmen who band together to rescue a small farming town from a gang of bandits. Incudes interviews with the stars, as well as archived footage of stars Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner, and director Akira Kurosawa, on whose 'The Seven Samurai',this film was based.

This documentary is featured on the Western Legends DVD for The Magnificent Seven (1960), released in 2000.

Miscellaneous: John A. Alonzo is interviewed about his role as one of the Mexican villagers. But he is identified as playing "Miguel," the role actually played by Natividad Vacío. Furthermore, Alonzo's interview is illustrated with clips supposedly of his younger self in the film, but the clips seen are actually of Vac￿ Alonzo states that he was the only Spanish-speaking American in the cast, but Vac￿was a native-born U.S. citizen whose first language was Spanish.