For his screenwriting debut, Robert Benton made waves with his work on 1967's "Bonnie and Clyde," going deep into psychology, relationships, and violence to help detail the recklessness of criminals on the run. For his directorial debut, Benton sticks with the formula for 1972's "Bad Company," which also explores troubled people trying to escape from all sorts of dangers. Going the western route, Benton (joined by "Bonnie and Clyde" collaborator David Newman) looks to explore the ways of survival and perceived freedom in the open world, using the pressurized experience of the Civil War to examine men on the move to a better life, not fully realizing the dangers and labor of such a vision. In a career that would eventually turn to more defined acts of dramatic engagement (including "Kramer vs. Kramer" and "Places in the Heart"), Benton shows some level of grit and surprise with "Bad Company," which is always interested in the impulsive ways of inexperienced men taking on an incredible challenge of self-preservation. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com