--- title: 'The Deadly Companions (1961)' type: 'film' director: 'Sam Peckinpah' released: '1961-06-06' runtime_minutes: 93 genres: - 'Western' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-deadly-companions-1961' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054795/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Deadly Companions (1961) 1961 · 93 min · Western · United States ## Synopsis 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, 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sam Peckinpah](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-peckinpah) - **Screenplay:** [Sid Fleischman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-fleischman), [Marion Parsonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-parsonnet) - **Original Music Composer:** [Marlin Skiles](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlin-skiles) - **Producer:** [Charles B. Fitzsimons](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-b-fitzsimons) - **Director of Photography:** [William H. Clothier](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-clothier) - **Editor:** [Stanley Rabjohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-rabjohn) ## Cast - [Maureen O'Hara](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-hara) - [Strother Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/strother-martin) - [Brian Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-keith) - [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright) - [Chill Wills](https://cinepixo.com/people/chill-wills) - [Steve Cochran](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-cochran) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-deadly-companions-1961 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2629763); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.