Compañeros mortales (1961)
Un sargento de la Unión (Brian Keith) convence a un prófugo para organizar un asalto a un banco. Durante el atraco aparece otro grupo de ladrones con los que se enfrentan. En medio de un terrible tiroteo resulta muerte un chico de nueve años. Afectados por esta muerte, los dos bandidos deciden acompañar a la madre del chico, Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara), que quiere enterrar a su hijo junto a su padre en Siringo, una lejana ciudad ahora localizada en territorio apache.
Directora:
Sam Peckinpah
Escritor:
Albert Sidney Fleischman
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Maureen O'Hara as Kit Tilden |
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Brian Keith as Yellowleg |
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Steve Cochran as Billy Keplinger |
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Chill Wills as Turk |
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Strother Martin as Parson |
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Will Wright as Doctor Acton |
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James O'Hara as Cal, General Store |
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Peter O'Crotty as Mayor of Hila City |
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Billy Vaughan as Mead Tildon Jr. |
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Chuck Hayward as Card Sharp (uncredited) |
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Hank Gobble as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Big John Hamilton as Gambler (uncredited) |
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Riley Hill as Gambler (uncredited) |
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Robert Sheldon as Gambler (uncredited) |
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Buck Sharpe as Apache Indian (uncredited) |
| Editing | Stanley Rabjohn | Editor |
| Directing | Sam Peckinpah | Director |
| Sound | Marlin Skiles | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Charles B. Fitzsimons | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fae M. Smith | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | James R. Barker | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Albert Sidney Fleischman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Albert Sidney Fleischman | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sheila O'Brien | Costume Supervisor |
| Sound | Gordon Sawyer | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Beetson Jr. | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Bert Lynch | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Lee Lukather | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kurt Hernfeld | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Dave Koehler | Special Effects |
| Sound | Robert J. Callen | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Lee Lukather | Production Manager |
| Art | Tom Coleman | Property Master |
| Camera | William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Dixie McCoy | Script Supervisor |