Bad Company (1972)

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"Robert Benton’s revisionist western is tinged with a Beckettian wit as it spins a singularly amusing yarn about Drew Dixon (Barry Brown), a straight-edged, Protestant boy who, after dodging the draft, joins up with a rowdy crew of petty thieves on his way to strike it rich in Nevada. What begins as an odyssey to the promised riches of the American West morphs into something more darkly absurd as Drew and his audacious, imperious pal, Jake (Jeff Bridges), are stripped of their dignity, dreams, "

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"Stylistic western from Robert Benton in which a God-fearing young man dodges the draft and becomes an outlaw along with a gang of young men also on the run. Barry Brown plays the young man and Jeff Bridges the leader of the gang he joins. Slow-paced but beautifully shot, it deals more with a struggle to survive as they come face-to-face with other outlaws and lawmen trying to capture this band. A perfect example of cinema of the 70's"