TheDeadlyCompanionsisa1961WesternfilmdirectedbySamPeckinpahandstarringMaureenO'Hara,BrianKeith,SteveCochran,andChillWills.BasedonthenovelofthesamenamebyA.S.Fleischman,thefilmisaboutanex-armyofficerwhoaccidentallykillsawoman'sson,andtriestomakeupforitbyescortingthefuneralprocessionthroughdangerousIndianterritory.TheDeadlyCompanionswasSamPeckinpah'smotionpicturedirectorialdebuteee