The Deadly Companions

Name: The Deadly Companions
Genre: Adventure, Western
Released: 1962-02-16
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.10
Cast: Chill Wills, Steve Cochran, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith

– Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral p..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.10 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 33 Minutes

Release Year:

1961

Ex-army officer accidentally kills a woman's son, tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory.

Styles:

Tense, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Producing Country:

USA

Filming Locations:

Arizona

Genre:

Western, Adventure

Editor's Pick for:

Boys' night

Release Date:

16 Feb 1962

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:

Approved

Directed by:

Sam Peckinpah

Story Written By:

Albert Sidney Fleischman

Main Actors:

Chill Wills, Steve Cochran, Maureen O’Hara, Brian Keith

Plot:

The Civil War Yankee sergeant Yellowleg saves the cheater Turkey from hanging after a card game, and together with Turk's gunslinger buddy Billy Keplinger, they ride together to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. Yellowleg has a scar on the head from a man that tried to scalp him and he has been on the trail of his attacker for five years. When other bandits rob a store, Yellowleg shoots at the outlaws and accidentally kills the son of the cabaret dancer Kit Tilden and the grieving woman decides to bury her son in the town of Siringo in Apache country where her husband is buried. Yellowleg Enlists Billy and Turkey to escort Kitty and the coffin through the dangerous land.

Production Company:

VCI Entertainment

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

83%