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Freebie and the Bean was a short-lived [1] nine-episode American action comedy television series about two off-beat plainclothes [2] police detectives in San Francisco. Based on the 1974 film of the same name, [3] [4] it starred Tom Mason and Héctor Elizondo in the title roles and was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights at 9:00 PM [5] in ...
Overview. Freebie and the Bean is a short-lived hour-long police drama based on the 1974 film of the same name. The series stars Tom Mason as Freebie and Héctor Elizondo as Bean, two San Francisco police detectives. Full Cast & Crew.
Fast cars, faster mouths and a total disregard for the law ... and that's the police! James Caan and Alan Arkin star as a pair of San Francisco police detect...
The show might have been longer-running had it not been scheduled opposite the very popular Love Boat, which completely overshadowed Freebie and The Bean in viewer polls. Detective Sgt Dan ‘Bean’ Delgado Hector Elizondo Detective Sgt Tim ‘Freebie’ Walker Tom Mason DA Walter W. Cruikshank William Daniels Rodney ‘Axle’ Blake Mel Stewart
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was a short-lived nine-episode American action comedy television series about two off-beat plainclothes police detectives in San Francisco. Based on the 1974 film of the same name, it starred Tom Mason and Héctor Elizondo in the title roles and was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights at 9:00 PM in December 1980 and January 1981.
•Tom Mason as Det. Sgt. Tim "Freebie" Walker
•Héctor Elizondo as Det. Sgt. Dan "Bean" Delgado
•William Daniels as Dist. Atty. Walter W. Cruikshank
•George Loros as Willie
•Jeannetta Arnette
•Kimberly Beck
The show ran opposite the very popular series The Love Boat, which overshadowed it in viewer polls. In their book The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, authors Tim Brooks and Earle F. Marsh write, "Unfortunately this series was such as mishmash of comedy and drama, slapstick and reality, that it soon sank wi...
1.Susman, Gary (3 March 2013). "The Beaning of Life: 10 Memorable Movie Beans". Time – via entertainment.time.com.
2."Freebie and the Bean | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
3.Rowan, Terry (23 March 2015). Whodoneit! A Film Guide. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781312308060.
4.Leszczak, Bob (May 16, 2016). Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide. McFarland. ISBN 9781476623849.
5.June 24, 2009) The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307483201.
6.Richard Meyers (1981). in A.S. Barnes: TV detectives, page 276.
James Caan and Alan Arkin star as a pair of San Francisco police detectives who will stop at nothing to catch a mobster. Now, as long as their prey remains a fugitive, no one in San Francisco is safe from Freebie and the Bean. 668 IMDb 6.6 1 h 53 min 1974. X-Ray R.
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Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin, and directed by Richard Rush. The film follows two offbeat police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an organized crime boss. The film, which had been originally scripted as a serious crime drama ...
