The Deadly Companions (1961)
With Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills, Strother Martin, Will Wright
Directed by Sam Peckinpah
The Deadly Companions is a 1961 American Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, and Chill Wills. Based on the 1960 novel Yellowleg by Sid Fleischman (credited as 'A. S. Fleischman'), the film is about an ex-Union Army soldier who accidentally kills a woman's son, and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.
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