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Deadly Companions


Date: 1961
Type: Western
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Charles Fitzsimons

Comment/Synopsis

Brian Keith and his two companions arrive in a town to rob the bank. However during a gun fight he accidently kills Maureen O'Hara's son. She decides to bury him in Indian country where her husband is buried and the three men accompany her. Sam Pekinpah delivers a film that is more character driven than action and Maureen O'Hara gives a good performance as the feisty widow.

Actors

Maureen O'HaraMaureen O'Hara
Brian KeithBrian Keith
Steve Cochran
Chill WillsChill Wills
Strother Martin
Will Wright

Oscars

None
Production
Carousel Productions