The Deadly Companions
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| The Deadly Companions | |
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| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Produced by | Charles Fitzsimmons |
| 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 |
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The Deadly Companions was a movie released in 1961, directed by Sam Peckinpah, and starring Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran and Chill Wills. It was Peckinpah's directorial debut.
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After her young son is killed in a bank robbery, Kit Tilden is determined to bury him beside his father in Siringo, now deserted and located in Apache territory. Yellowleg, the ex-army officer who accidentally killed her son, agrees to help her take her son's body across the desert to be buried.
| Films directed by Sam Peckinpah |
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| The Deadly Companions • Ride the High Country • Major Dundee • The Wild Bunch • The Ballad of Cable Hogue • Straw Dogs • Junior Bonner • The Getaway • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia • The Killer Elite • Cross of Iron • Convoy • The Osterman Weekend |
