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The Deadly Companions (1961)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:4
Rotten:1
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Peckinpah's first feature follows a funeral procession through hostile Apache territory led by the man who accidentally killed the boy in the coffin. The soldier who made the promise of protection... Peckinpah's first feature follows a funeral procession through hostile Apache territory led by the man who accidentally killed the boy in the coffin. The soldier who made the promise of protection to the boy's mother hopes to settle more than one score at the end of the journey. [More]
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Chill Wills, Steve Cochran
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Chill Wills, Steve Cochran, Strother Martin, Will Wright
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Screenwriter: A. S. Fleischman
Producer: Charles B. FitzSimons
Composer: Marlin Skiles
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Reviews for The Deadly Companions
An interesting start for one of modern American cinema's most brilliant and controversial directors.
As the deadlier of the refugee criminals, Steve Cochran is almost as mean as his colleague, Chill Wills, is picturesque. Their resourceful efforts would be more effective if the drama, as directed by Sam Peckinpah, did not move at the pace of a hearse.
This film is visually powerful in spots, as it overcomes its routine theme with burning images of lust, greed, and hatred.
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