The Deadly Companions (1961) | Directed by Sam Peckinpah - Full Movie

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

The Deadly Companions is a 1961 American Western and war film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, and Chill Wills. Based on the novel of the same name by A. S. Fleischman, the film is about an ex-army officer who accidentally kills a woman's son, and tries to make up for it by escorting the funeral procession through dangerous Indian territory. The Deadly Companions was Sam Peckinpah's motion picture directorial debut.

Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Written by: A. S. Fleischman
Based on: The Deadly Companions by A. S. Fleischman
Produced by: Charles B. Fitzsimons
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Steve Cochran, Chill Wills
Cinematography: William H. Clothier
Edited by: Stanley Rabjohn
Music by: Marlin Skiles
Production company: Carousel Productions
Distributed by: Pathé-America Distributing Company (US), Warner Bros. (International), 20th Century Fox(via New World Pictures) (US current distribution), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(via Cannon International)(International current distribution)
Release date: June 6, 1961
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English