Synopsis
Bad Company (1972) is a revisionist Western you can watch online on iFILM. To dodge the Civil War draft, a devout family ships their straight-laced son Drew Dixon out west, hoping the fighting never reaches him.
On the trail Drew (Barry Brown) falls in with a pack of runaways led by the cocky, light-fingered Jake (Jeff Bridges). The romance of life on the road wears off within days. Hunger sets in, petty thieving slides into something darker, and the friends learn the hard way that out here a gun comes out before a handshake.
This was the directing debut of Robert Benton, who would later make Kramer vs. Kramer, and one of Jeff Bridges' first big roles. Benton plays it as an anti-Western: no white hats, no noble gunfighters, just dust, hunger and boys growing up through loss. A solid watch if the polished Old West has worn thin for you. Stream Bad Company (1972) online on iFILM.
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