Brian Keith stars as Yellowleg a scarred civil war veteran who with two companions the grizzled Turk and cocky gunslinger Billy Keplinger ride to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. Before they can execute their plan they are involved in a shoot-out and a stray bullet from Yellowleg's gun kills the son of cabaret dancer Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). Already an outcast in the city Kit decides to leave and bury her son alongside his father in the town of Siringo a ghost town which can only be reached through Apache territory. Yellowleg Turk and Billy insist... on accompanying Kit on her journey but not all of their intentions are honourable. Revenge lust greedy and hatred make interesting travel companions. [show more]
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Early Sam Peckinpah western. Yellowleg (Brian Keith) is an ex-army officer who accidentally kills the son of dancehall girl Kit Tilden (Maureen O'Hara). To make amends, he decides to escort the funeral procession through potentially dangerous Indian territory.
Peckinpah's first feature follows a funeral procession through hostile Apache territory led by the man who accidentally killed the boy in the coffin. The soldier who made the promise of protection to the boy's mother hopes to settle more than one score at the end of the journey.
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