In Bad Company (1972)

Movie
German title	In bad company
Original title	Bad Company
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1972
length	90 minutes
Rod
Director	Robert Benton
script	Robert Benton David Newman
production	Stanley R. Jaffe
music	Harvey Schmidt
camera	Gordon Willis
cut	Ron Kalish Ralph Rosenblum
occupation
Jeff Bridges : Jake Rumsey Barry Brown : Drew Dixon Jim Davis : Marshal David Huddleston : Big Joe John Savage : Loney Jerry Houser : Arthur Simms Damon Cofer : Jim Bob Logan Joshua Hill Lewis : Boog Bookin Geoffrey Lewis : Hobbs Raymond Guth : Jackson Ed Lauter : Orin John Quade : Nolan Jean Allison : Mrs. Dixon Ned Wertimer : Mr. Dixon Charles Tyner : Egg Farmer Claudia Bryar : Mrs. Clum

In Bad Company (original title: Bad Company ) is an American western from 1972. Directed by Robert Benton , who also wrote the screenplay with David Newman .

action

The action takes place in 1863 during the Civil War . Drew Dixon, who lives in Ohio , is being sent away by his family to prevent him from being drafted into the army. On the hike west, he meets Jake Rumsey, Arthur Simms and Loney. The men commit some thefts together. They are hunted as much by the stolen citizens as they are by the criminals led by Big Joe.

Some of the gang members are robbed and hanged by Big Joe's people. Dixon and Rumsey ride on together until they run into the Big Joes gang, whose members they kill in a shootout. Rumsey robs his accomplice and joins a gang, while Dixon offers to help the marshal who pursues the gang. Some gang members are shot, others - including Rumsey - are captured and supposed to be hanged.

Rumsey tells Dixon he knows where a large sum of money has been buried. Thereupon Dixon works unsuccessfully for Rumsey at the Marshal. Since the pardon is rejected, Dixon helps his partner to escape. After traveling together for a while, he realizes that the promised money does not exist; nevertheless he wants to stay with Rumsey until the latter pays back the money stolen from him. In the final scene, Rumsey and Dixon rob a bank together.

Reviews

Film-Dienst wrote that the film was "psychologically remarkably differentiated" and "well played and photographed" . He shows "an unusually blatant picture of the Wild West " . Because of this unusually realistic depiction of the Wild West and the characters, who are more anti-heroes than heroes in the classic Western sense, In Bad Gesellschaft must beclassifiedas anti-Western .
The film flopped at the box office, despite reviews such as For example, the Rotten Tomatoes editorial teampraisedthe cast, the “strong script” , the “inspired direction” and the “brilliant camera work” . The episodic narrative was cited as a possible reason for the poor box office result.

Awards

David Newman and Robert Benton were nominated for the 1973 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for a Motion Picture Drama .

backgrounds

The production cost was five million dollars.

The music group Bad Company chose the original title of the film as their name.

Web links

• In bad company in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• In bad company at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In bad company. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 28, 2008  
3. ↑ prisma-online.de , accessed on May 31, 2010
4. Jump up ↑ This and That for Bad Company , accessed August 28, 2008