After the success of the film in Italy, the American film company, United Artists purchased the rights to the film and released it in the United States in 1967. At the time of its release, the golden age of the Western genre seemed to be coming to an end (Prince 2014). Sergio Leone and A Fistful of Dollars (1964), as well as the two sequels that would follow breathed new life into the Western genre, created the sub-genre Spaghetti Western, and would change the face of Western cinema forever. ... Although Spaghetti Western became a popular title for films associated with Leone, we will be focus...

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Made in 1959 and released in 1960 The Magnificent Seven marks the end of the traditional style of the Western genre. ... This is where The Magnificent Seven differs so dramatically from other films of the same time and genre. ... It is revealed throughout the film that he is half Irish and half Mexican. ... He has his own set of moral values that previously were not included in bandido films. ... However, although the film makes a bold attempt to adopt a new identification for Mexicans within the North American Western film genre, it fails to completely eradicate the division of North and Sout...

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