Lunchtime Film Series at Springfield Public Library

This is the first in a three-part series of films featuring the late character actor:

Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954) is westernized as The Magnificent Seven. Yul Brynner plays Chris, a mercenary hired to protect a Mexican farming village from its annual invasion by bandit Calvera (Eli Wallach). Chris rounds up six fellow soldiers of fortune to help him form a united front against the bandits. 126 minutes. Rated R.

Stop by or call us at (973) 376-4930 for more information. Admission is free. Cookies and juice will be served at 12:30 pm.

Funding for this program is made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, and by the Friends of the Springfield Public Library.