| Bad Company | |
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| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
| Produced by | Charles R. Rogers Harry Joe Brown |
| Written by | Jack Lait (novel) Tay Garnett Tom Buckingham |
| Starring | Helen Twelvetrees Ricardo Cortez |
| Music by | Arthur Lange |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Claude Berkeley |
| Distributed by | RKO Pathé |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bad Company is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film directed and co-written by Tay Garnett with Tom Buckingham based on Jack Lait's 1930 novel Put on the Spot. It stars Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez. Told from the view of a woman, the working titles of this film were The Gangster's Wife and The Mad Marriage.[2] Unlike many static early sound films, Garnett includes several scenes using a moving camera climaxing in a gigantic assault on an office building with both sides using heavy machine guns.
Plot
Rich and beautiful Helen King is about to marry Steve Carlyle, a wealthy young professional. Unknown to Helen and her family, Steve is a legal advisor to a megalomaniac gangster Goldie Gorio.
Steve wishes to leave the rackets but Goldie reintroduces him to his future father-in-law, a rival gangster where both parties see the marriage as a symbol of peace and an end of violence in their transactions. Steve remains with Goldie and fills in for him to a visit to a rival gangster's boat where he is ambushed and nearly killed by their machine gun. Helen vows revenge on Goldie.
Cast
- Helen Twelvetrees ... Helen King
- Ricardo Cortez ... Goldie Gorio
- John Garrick ... Steve Carlyle
- Paul Hurst ... Goldie's Butler
- Frank Conroy ... Markham King
- Harry Carey ... McBaine
- Frank McHugh ... Doc
- Kenneth Thomson ... Barnes
- Arthur Stone ... Dummy
- Emma Dunn ... Emma
- William V. Mong ... Henry
- Edgar Kennedy ... Buffington
See also
- List of American films of 1931
- Harry Carey filmography
References
- ^ a b "Bad Company: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
- ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1977/Bad-Company/notes.html
External links
- Bad Company at IMDb