Seymour Robbie

Fun, cheesy, sleazy and unpretentious biker movie starring former American football player Joe Namath as bike mechanic C. C. Ryder, who joins up with outlaw cycle gang "The Heads". After C.C. rescues fashion journalist Ann (Ann-Margret) from the unwanted attentions of a couple of the bikers the pair slowly become an item. Moon (William Smith), the leader of “The Heads”, doesn’t like this turn of events and before long C.C. is in violent conflict with Moon and the rest of “The Heads”. When the bikers kidnap Ann the conflict escalates into a deadly showdown. Written by Roger Smith (as a vehicle for his then wife Ann-Margret) “C.C. & Company” delivers plenty of trashy goodness with plenty of (admittedly tame) biker action, scuzzy bikers, nasty biker chicks, chases and fights, all shot through with bad camera work, bad acting and half-assed direction. It is, however, hugely charming and great fun throughout and director Seymour Robbie does well to keep things moving forward despite the various limitations. Joe Namath has a relaxed persona and style but cannot act for toffee; Ann-Margret looks great but is no great shakes in the acting department either leaving it to William Smith to steal the film with his sarcastic delivery and his rippling muscles, shown off to best effect by his sleeveless denim jacket. Amongst the bikers is Sid Haig as Crow and Bruce Glover as Captain Midnight who are both great stupid fun. The biker women are excellent with Jennifer Billingsley upstaging everyone as Pom-Pom; Teda Bracci providing an eccentric turn as Pig and Jacquie Rohr as Zit-Zit looking super-curvy. The film has a great soundtrack with plenty of fuzzy guitar and a great title track from Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. Best tune and best cheesy scene in the entire film, however, goes to Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders, who delivers a James Brown style mind-altering, sweaty, hollering funky interlude – Wayne Cochran in his blonde mullet and headband is a sight to behold.… (más)