The Deadly Companions
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[[File:Maureen O'Hara from Deadly Companions lobby card 1.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Maureen O'Hara]] |
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'''''The Deadly Companions''''' is a 1961 American [[Western (genre)|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 soldier 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''''' is a 1961 American [[Western (genre)|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 soldier 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. |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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===Filming locations=== |
===Filming locations=== |
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* [[Old Tucson Studios]], 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
* [[Old Tucson Studios]], 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA{{Cite book |last=Lawton |first=Paul J. |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Old_Tucson_Studios/LgMdmyf_QtUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Old+Tucson+Studios%22+The+Deadly+Companions&pg=PA27&printsec=frontcover |title=Old Tucson Studios |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-5629-1 |page=27 |language=en}} |
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== Reception == |
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On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 83% of 6 critics' reviews are positive.{{Cite web |title=The Deadly Companions |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/deadly_companions |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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