Bad Company
1972 · Movie · PG · 93 min · ★ 6.4 · 87% critics
To escape the Civil War draft, a sheltered young man heads west and falls in with a ragged group of teenage thieves. What starts as a search for freedom and fortune becomes a rough, often dark journey through a harsh frontier where survival matters more than ideals.
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-10-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (99 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a tougher, less romantic western with coming-of-age elements, somewhere closer to Jubal or The Cowboys; Not for you if you want a fast-paced, feel-good adventure.
Pros: earthy frontier realism; strong lead performances; dark humor throughout | Cons: episodic structure; uneven tension; harsh, downbeat tone
Themes
- runaway
- marshal
- loyalty
- missouri
- betrayal
- draft dodger
- 19th century
Cast & crew
Jeff Bridges
as Jake Rumsey
Barry Brown
as Drew Dixon
David Huddleston
as Big Joe
Jerry Houser
as Arthur Simms
Geoffrey Lewis
as Hobbs
Ed Lauter
as Orin
John Savage
as Loney
Jim Davis
as Marshal
- DD
Damon Douglas
as Jim Bob Logan
- JL
Joshua Hill Lewis
as Boog Bookin
Directed by Robert Benton