Maureen O'Hara
Kit Tildon
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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.
Cast
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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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Maureen O'Hara — Dell Publishing · Public domain
- Brian Keith — Allied Artists · Public domain
- Steve Cochran — film screenshot (United Artists) · Public domain
- Chill Wills — Walter Wanger-Eagle Lion Films · Public domain
