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The Deadly Companions

196193 minUnited States
Western
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93:34
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Synopsis

A woman insists on carrying her dead son across dangerous territory to bury him beside his father. The former soldier who accidentally killed the boy joins the journey despite her resistance. Companions with conflicting motives turn a mission of grief into a precarious crossing.

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DirectorsSam Peckinpah

Behind the scenes

Brian Keith recommended Sam Peckinpah after working with him on television's The Westerner. The adaptation of A. S. Fleischman's Yellowleg thus grew from a professional relationship formed before Peckinpah's feature career.

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