The Deadly Companions 08/08/26

To put Sam Peckinpah’s directing in better perspective, completists ought to catch up with this independently produced oater, his first credited feature. Peckinpah was prevented from touching the screenplay, yet it has qualities we associate with his work. The shoot suffered from a fundamental clash of personalities, and the ‘auteur’ of the uneven result may be its star, Maureen O’Hara. There may be ideal copies floating around. If so, we haven’t seen ’em. Leomark’s threadbare PD release is watchable, but there are likely better from Region B. On Blu-ray from Leomark / Shoreline.
08/08/26