In this American homage to Oliver Twist, young Oliver is Barry Brown a god fearing church going youth from Ohio who would like very much to be not taken by Mr. Lincoln's draft in the Civil War. He runs away from Ohio to head out of the Union to the western territories, but of course runs into some Bad Company.
The Bad Company is Jeff Bridges from Pennsylvania an incorrigible Artful Dodger type and he's got himself as good a ragamuffin gang that ever cut a purse in London around the same time. A lot of what went west could be described today as white trash and this crowd definitely fits the bill. They do what they can to survive in and around the Missouri border area, but they also want to head west, just haven't the means. A gang who's only lacking a Fagin.
Bad Company as a film works because of the good chemistry between Bridges and Brown. As the two get to know each other, strengths and weaknesses both, they form a bond that enables them to survive the frontier. Of course its Brown who winds up doing things his Methodist upbringing told him were unthinkable.
Such great character actors as John Quade, David Huddleston, Ed Lauter, and Jim Davis are all in Bad Company. As this came out during the Vietnam War the film did get a sympathetic audience from younger viewers and not just because of its young stars.
Bad Company is a fun western for its time, still quite enjoyable today.
The Bad Company is Jeff Bridges from Pennsylvania an incorrigible Artful Dodger type and he's got himself as good a ragamuffin gang that ever cut a purse in London around the same time. A lot of what went west could be described today as white trash and this crowd definitely fits the bill. They do what they can to survive in and around the Missouri border area, but they also want to head west, just haven't the means. A gang who's only lacking a Fagin.
Bad Company as a film works because of the good chemistry between Bridges and Brown. As the two get to know each other, strengths and weaknesses both, they form a bond that enables them to survive the frontier. Of course its Brown who winds up doing things his Methodist upbringing told him were unthinkable.
Such great character actors as John Quade, David Huddleston, Ed Lauter, and Jim Davis are all in Bad Company. As this came out during the Vietnam War the film did get a sympathetic audience from younger viewers and not just because of its young stars.
Bad Company is a fun western for its time, still quite enjoyable today.