Bad Company

Bad Company

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

PG 1972 · 93 min · ★ 6.4 · Western, Drama

After Drew Dixon, an upright young man, is sent west by his religious family to avoid being drafted into the Civil War, he drifts across the land with a loose confederation of young vagrants.

Directed by Robert Benton · Written by David Newman

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