# Bad Company (1972)

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**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Western, Drama
**Directed by**: Robert Benton
**Written by**: Robert Benton, David Newman
**Starring**: Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, David Huddleston, Jerry Houser, Geoffrey Lewis, Ed Lauter

> *They're young, desperate, dangerous—a long way from home, but a short way from Hell.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Bowling for Fists meets The Last Picture Show. A prim farm boy fleeing the draft finds his moral compass spinning in a prairie gang of rootless teens. The West’s last gasp arrives via sun-bleached denim and aimless cigarettes.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider

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