 SPOILER: John Sturges (qv) faced a major problem during filming.  The screenplay mentioned which of the Seven died, but in no order  (the battle was not choreographed), and without being clear as to  how. So Sturges came up with the idea to kill off the dying members  of the seven in the order they had been cast, which went as follows:  Lee (Robert Vaughn (I) (qv)), Harry Luck (Brad Dexter (qv)),  Bernardo OReilly (Charles Bronson (qv)), and Britt  (James Coburn (qv)). Vaughn originally lobbied against dying first  (because the character was especially created for him), so Sturges  came up with a new solution, and the final death sequence which  appears on film went as follows: Harry Luck (Dexter) Is shot while  saving Chris Adams (Yul Brynner (qv)) from a five