Yul Brynner insisted he would only make this film if Steve McQueen was not involved. McQueen felt the plot was too absurd and for this, and other reasons, was not interested anyway.
Although this film revisits the village from the first movie, it was shot in Spain, not Mexico. Among the many reasons were the difficulties that occurred between the American filmmakers and the Mexican crew and government censors during the shooting of the first film.
In the first film, the final line from Harry (before he dies) to Chris is 'Well I'll be damned' and Chris' reply is 'Maybe you won't be'. In this film the last line from Chris to Vin (before they leave the village) is 'Well I'll be damned' and Vin says 'I doubt that. I doubt that very much'.
The second in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.