The Deadly Companions

The Deadly Companions
The Deadly Companions

Poster
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
Produced by Charles B. Fitzsimons
Written by Albert Sidney Fleischman
Starring Maureen O'Hara
Brian Keith
Steve Cochran
Chill Wills
Music by Marlin Skiles
Cinematography William H. Clothier
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 93 min.
Country United States
Language English

The Deadly Companions is a 1961 Western. It was directed by Sam Peckinpah and starred Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran and Chill Wills. The film is based on A.S. Fleischman's novel of the same name. The film was Peckinpah's motion picture directorial debut. It is now in the public domain because of a missing copyright indication.

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Summary

After her young son is killed in a bank robbery, Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara) is determined to bury him beside his father in Siringo, now deserted and located in Apache territory. Yellowleg (Brian Keith), the ex-army officer who accidentally killed her son, agrees to help take the body across the desert to be buried.

Production

After the cancellation of his 1959-1960 television series The Westerner, Brian Keith was cast as the male lead in The Deadly Companions. He suggested Sam Peckinpah (the producer and director of The Westerner) as the director for this film, and producer Charles B. Fitzsimons accepted the idea. By most accounts, the low-budget film shot on location in Arizona was a learning process for Peckinpah, Unable to rewrite the screenplay or edit the picture, Peckinpah vowed to never again direct a film unless he had script control. The Deadly Companions passed largely without notice and is the least known of Peckinpah's films.

Cast

See also

  • List of films in the public domain

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