Bad Company 1972

Roger Greenspun, New York Times: A naturalistic, irreverent and sometimes broadly comic view of a largely ignored aspect of the Civil War gives Bad Company a refreshingly good name. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie is built as a series of more-or-less self-contained episodes, and the episodes that work are worth the effort. Read more

Tom Milne, Time Out: Benton's first film, a Western good enough to make everything he has done since seem disappointing by comparison. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Bad Company is an excellent film which combines wry humor and gritty action with in-depth characterizations of two youths on the lam in the Civil War west. Read more