CC and Company
4.4 /10 1 Votes4.4
Genre Action, Comedy, Drama Parent organization Viacom, Comedy Partners Country United States | 4.2/10 IMDb Founded 2001 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 14, 1970 (1970-10-14) Founders James Boyle, Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson Sister network Spike, Nickelodeon, TV Land | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C.C. and Company is a 1970 American biker film directed by Seymour Robbie. It starred Joe Namath as biker C.C. Ryder, Ann-Margret as fashion journalist Ann, and William Smith as Moon, the leader of the fictitious outlaw biker gang the "Heads". The film also features singer Wayne Cochran and his band The C.C. Riders.
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Plot summary
C.C. Ryder falls in with a biker gang in the desert, and then rescues Ann from trouble with the same gang. There next occurs a motocross race tied in with a fashion shoot. The Heads disrupt the event, but C.C. Ryder enters the race to gain Ann's favor. This puts him in conflict with Moon. When Ryder wins the race and leaves with his award money the gang kidnaps Ann, and Ryder must ride back to save her.
Reception
Reviews were mostly negative. It was described by The New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby as "the picture to name when someone asks you to recommend 'a good bad movie.'":
In his Chicago Tribune review, Gene Siskel, who supplied it with no stars, felt it was "hateful", adding:
The film was also blasted by the Cleveland Press' Tony Mastroianni:
References
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