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6.1/10
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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.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.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.
James O'Hara
- Cal, General Store
- (as Jim O'Hara)
Hank Gobble
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Big John Hamilton
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
- Card Sharp
- (uncredited)
Riley Hill
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Buck Sharpe
- Apache Indian
- (uncredited)
Robert Sheldon
- Gambler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMaureen O'Hara, her brother Charles B. Fitzsimons and writer Albert Sidney Fleischman formed Carousel Productions in order to get the film made. Sam Peckinpah was hired for $15,000, Brian Keith was paid $30,000; the entire picture was done for $300,000. Another brother, James O'Hara, has a small role in the opening scenes.
- GoofsWhen the posse brings Turk out of the church at the end of the film he has a noose around his neck that is removed but it is never shown or explained how he ended up with a rope around his neck to begin with. It wasn't there when he was left in the church.
- Quotes
Kit Tilden: It's strange - I feel I know better than any man I've ever known, yet I hardly know you at all.
- Alternate versionsThe print distributed by UPA for television in the seventies was in black and white.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cynful Movies: Dangerous Companions (2019)
- SoundtracksRock of Ages
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady and music by Thomas Hastings
Sung in the church bar
Featured review
Revenge and Redemption
The veteran Civil War Yankee officer Yellowleg (Brian Keith) saves the cheater Turk (Chill Wills) in a card game, and together with the gunslinger Billy Keplinger (Steve Cochran), they ride together to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. Yellowleg has a war scar on the head due to a man that tried to scalp him and his has been on the trail of his attacker for five years. When bandits rob a store, Yellowleg shoots against the outlaws and accidentally kills the son of the cabaret dancer Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara) and the grieving woman decides to bury her son in the Apache country Siringo, where her husband is also buried. Yellowleg calls Billy and Turk to escort Kitty through the dangerous land.
"The Deadly Companions" is the first feature of the great director Sam Peckinpah after six years directing Westerns for television. The credible story is a tale of revenge and redemption with flawed characters. Forty-one year old Maureen O'Hara is extremely gorgeous in the role of a widow humiliated by the locals after the death of her unknown husband and her survival as "dancer" of a cabaret with her son considered bastard by the population. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Parceiros da Morte" ("Partners of Death")
"The Deadly Companions" is the first feature of the great director Sam Peckinpah after six years directing Westerns for television. The credible story is a tale of revenge and redemption with flawed characters. Forty-one year old Maureen O'Hara is extremely gorgeous in the role of a widow humiliated by the locals after the death of her unknown husband and her survival as "dancer" of a cabaret with her son considered bastard by the population. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Parceiros da Morte" ("Partners of Death")
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- Dec 23, 2008
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- Language
- Also known as
- Trigger Happy
- Filming locations
- Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA(photographed at the town of "Old Tucson")
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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