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After the cancellation of his 1960 television series "The Westerner", Brian Keith was cast as the male lead in "The Deadly Companions".He suggested Sam Peckinpah (the producer and director of "The Westerner") as the director for this film, and producer Charles B. Fitzsimons accepted the idea.By most accounts, the low-budget film shot on location in Arizona was a learning process for Peckinpah.