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The Deadly Companions( 1961)

TV-MAWestern
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ALONE... IN AN UNTAMED LAND -- WITH THREE MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO HER LIFE!

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Maureen O'Hara

      Kit Tilden

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      Brian Keith

      Yellowleg

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      Steve Cochran

      Billy Keplinger

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      Chill Wills

      Turk

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      Strother Martin

      Parson

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      Will Wright

      Doctor Acton

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      James O'Hara

      Cal, General Store

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      Peter O'Crotty

      Mayor of Hila City

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      Billy Vaughan

      Mead Tildon Jr.

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      Chuck Hayward

      Card Sharp (uncredited)

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      Hank Gobble

      Bartender (uncredited)

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      Big John Hamilton

      Gambler (uncredited)

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      Riley Hill

      Gambler (uncredited)

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      Robert Sheldon

      Gambler (uncredited)

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      Buck Sharpe

      Apache Indian (uncredited)

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    A review by Wuchak

    5
    Written by Wuchak on Mon Feb 04 2019
    ***Melancholic, harsh Peckinpah Western with Keith and O’Hara*** A former Union soldier, Yellowleg (Brian Keith), vengefully searches for a Confederate who tried to scalp him alive 5 years earlier. After something bad happens in an Arizona town he offers to escort a dance hall woman (Maureen O’Hara) to a ghost town where her former beau was buried. There are a couple problems though: They have to go through Apache territory and two lowlifes accompany them most of the way. Released in 1961, “The Deadly Companions” has a lot going for it: It stars Keith and the beautiful O'Hara, who had s...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • funeral
    • native american
    • escort