''C.C. and Company'' is a 1970 American

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directed by Seymour Robbie. It starred Joe Namath as biker C.C. Ryder,

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as fashion journalist Ann, and William Smith as Moon, the leader of the fictitious outlaw biker club the "Heads Company". The film also features singer

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and his band The C.C. Riders.

Plot

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

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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.

Cast

* Joe Namath as C. C. Ryder *

as Ann McCalley * William Smith as Moon * Jennifer Billingsley as Pom Pom * Mike Battle as Rabbit *

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as Lizard * Teda Bracci as Pig * Don Chastain as Eddie Ellis * Sid Haig as Crow *

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as Captain Midnight * Keva Kelly as Tandalaya * Jackie Rohr as Zit-Zit * Robert Keyworth as Charlie Hopkins * Alan Pappe as Photographer * Ned Wertimer as Motorcycle salesman *

as himself and his band

Reception

Reviews were mostly negative. It was described by ''

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'' reviewer

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as "the picture to name when someone asks you to recommend 'a good bad movie.'": In his ''

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'' 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:

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* * * * * {{Internet Archive film, CCandCompany 1970 films 1970s English-language films 1970s action comedy-drama films Motorcycling films American action comedy-drama films Films produced by Allan Carr Embassy Pictures films Outlaw biker films 1970 comedy films 1970 drama films 1970 directorial debut films 1970s American films

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