The Frisco Kid (1979)
- Starring:
- Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Westerns
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Robert Aldrich returns to the western-spoof genre he'd previously explored in Four for Texas with The Frisco Kid. Gene Wilder plays Polish rabbi Avram Belinsky, who intends to set up a congregation in San Francisco. Eminently unsuited for life in the Old West, poor Avram is victimized by everyone with whom he comes in contact. Salvation arrives in the unlikely form of taciturn bank robber Tommy (Harrison Ford). Incredibly, Tommy takes a liking to the feckless Avram, and together the two men embark on a series of seriocomic adventures. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 119 mins
Complete Cast:
- Gene Wilder - Avram Belinsky
- Ramon Bieri - Mr. Jones
- William Smith - Matt Diggs
- Penny Peyser - Rosalie
- Beege Barkett - Sarah Mindl
- John Bleifer - First Rabbi
- Walter Janowitz
- Eda Reiss Merin - Mrs. Bender
- Alex Romero - Wild Old Man
- Allan Rich - Mr. Bialik
- Ian Wolfe - Father Joseph
- Rolfe Sedan - Rabbi
- Robert Padilla - Medicine Man
- Joe Kapp - Monterano
- Leo L. Fuchs - Chief Rabbi
- Harrison Ford - Tommy
- Val Bisoglio - Chief Gray Cloud
- George DiCenzo - Darryl Diggs
- Jack Somack - Samuel Bender
- Shay Duffin - O'Leary
- Martin Garner - Rabbi
- Richard Kennedy - Cowboy #2
- Henry Rowland - 1st Farmer (Amish Man)
- Vincent Schiavelli - Brother Bruno
- Michael Elias - Rabbi
- John Steadman - Booking Agent
- Clifford A. Pellow
- Karl Lukas - Bartender
- Larry Gelman - Rabbi
- Clyde Kusatsu - Mr. Ping
- Director(s):
- Robert Aldrich
- Writer(s):
- Frank Shaw, Michael Elias
- Producer(s):
- Mace Neufeld
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Violence)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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