They're young, desperate, dangerous—a long way from home, but a short way from Hell.
After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and bleak.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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- intimateepic
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- John Chardon TMDB · Aug 20188/10
Say, how'd that Jane Eyre turn out? Bad Company is directed by Robert Benton and Benton co-writes the screenplay with David Newman. It stars Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston and John Savage. Music is by Harvey Schmidt and cinematography by Gordon Willis. Young men dodging the Union Army draft for the Civil War escape to the West in the hope of finding fortune and freedom. What actually awaits them is something completely different. The 1970s saw a slew of Westerns released that were a far cry from the golden frothy production line of the 1950s. Film makers big into the genre were quick to latch onto more sombre stories or quirky non conformist pieces. The climate of the World was changing and so directors and writers were comfortable in portraying the Wild West as not being romantic or heroic at all. One such gem is Bad Company. Benton's film quickly sets out its stall with its opening salvo, as Union soldiers round up young boys in child snatching fashion, all that is missing is big chins and lollipops. Enter one young man named Drew Dixon (Brown), a God fearing youngster packed off by his Mum to the West to start a richer life. Soon enough he is falling in w
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesJake Rumsey
- Barry BrownDrew Dixon
- David HuddlestonBig Joe
- Jerry HouserArthur Simms
- Geoffrey LewisHobbs
- Ed LauterOrin
- John SavageLoney
- Jim DavisMarshal
- Damon DouglasJim Bob Logan
- Joshua Hill LewisBoog Bookin
Crew
- Robert BentonDirector
- David NewmanWriter
- Robert BentonWriter
- Gordon WillisDirector of Photography
- Harvey SchmidtOriginal Music Composer
- Ron KalishEditor
- Ralph RosenblumEditor
- Stanley R. JaffeProducer
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