Hell's Angel and Company

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Movie
German title Hell's Angel and Company
Original title CC and Company
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1970
length 94 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Seymour Robbie
script Roger Smith
production Allan Carr , Joseph E. Levine , Roger Smith
music Lenny Stack
camera Charles F. Wheeler
cut Fred A. Chulack
occupation

Höllenengel und Company (OT: CC and Company ) is an American action film directed by Seymour Robbie . The first performance in Germany took place in August 1971.

action

Mechanic CC Rider, portrayed by Joe Namath, has joined the rock group Heads . When some members of the gang harass the young journalist Ann, CC steps in and earns her affection. In a motorcycle competition, CC wins first prize and runs away with the prize money without involving his gang brothers. That doesn't go over well with the other gang members and they kidnap Ann. CC has to compete in a race against Boss Moon to see her again unscathed.

The film also features singer Wayne Cochran and his band The CC Riders .

criticism

"" CC and Company "... is actually a work of such opportunism, such vulgarity and such old-fashioned, romantic craziness that it is impossible not to be charmed by it ..."

- Vincent Canby NYT

"Hell's Angels and Company," by Seymour Robbie. The thoughtlessness of giving absolution to the dubious practices of a noble rocker who is turning into a citizen (theft and property destruction "in the right place") - it serves the return of the hero to America's medium-sized competitive society! - is characteristic of a director who worked for "Bonanza" for a long time. He slaughters the genre of the rocker film without hesitation and turns it into a lying cemetery of quotations. "

- DIE ZEIT of October 29, 1971, issue 44.

literature

  • Norbert Grob, Thomas Klein: Road Movies , Volume 2 of the Genres & Stile series, Bender 2006, ISBN 3-936-4971-17 , p. 62.

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