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1979
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- On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 54% rating based on 28 reviews. The consensus summarizes: "Not even a genial Gene Wilder or a dashing Harrison Ford can rescue The Frisco Kid from a monotonous procession of gently comedic sketches that never cohere into a memorable yarn."
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The movie's based on a good idea, yes: Wilder plays a Polish rabbinical student who places so far down in his class that the Jewish elders decide there's only one place for him, and that's San Francisco.
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Not even a genial Gene Wilder or a dashing Harrison Ford can rescue The Frisco Kid from a monotonous procession of gently comedic sketches that never cohere into a memorable yarn. Read Critics...
- (28)
- Robert Aldrich
- PG
- Gene Wilder
The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a bank robber who befriends him.
The Frisco Kid (1979) is a movie I randomly watched on HBOMAX. The storyline follows a Polish Rabi who has to get to San Francisco and just happens to be trying during the gold rush. On his adventure across the west he meets a bank robber who helps him survive his trip and various encounters.
Jul 13, 1979 · The Frisco Kid: Directed by Robert Aldrich. With Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio. A Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. On the way, he is nearly burned at the stake by Native Americans and almost killed by outlaws.
- (12K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Robert Aldrich
- 1979-07-13
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 23, 2005. Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Robert Aldrich's penultimate film is an easygoing work of some considerable charm that relies far too...
The Frisco Kid, billed as a comedy, is about a gentle Polish rabbi of 1850 who is instructed to cross America and become spiritual leader of an eagerly awaiting congregation in San Francisco. But the movie is propelled more by violence - in action, in dialogue and in editing - than by humor.
