The Frisco Kid
by Robert Aldrich
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Actor: Gene Wilder, George DiCenzo, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri, Val BisoglioDirector: Robert Aldrich
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Yiddish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Frisco Kid
Movie Review: Harrison Ford is The Frisco Kid
Summary: 1 Stars
I just finished watching The Frisco Kid (1979). The back cover says "a kosher cowboy without a prayer, but with plenty of laughs" but that is misleading since I don't think that it was intended to be a comedy. I had never heard of this film before but it stars Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford, so I thought that it must be one of those overlooked masterpieces. Other reviewers have said that you don't have to be Jewish to enjoy it but I disagree. I got the feeling that unless you are desperate for a Jewish movie then you would see this film for what it is, a tedious `lovable loser' story. Harrison Ford hadn't yet reached the humongous cult star status as Hans Solo from Star Wars (1977) when he started filming this one, so the movie was promoted as a Gene Wilder vehicle (despite the DVD cover). This is problematic since the title of the movie is, `The Frisco Kid' which applies to Ford's character, the bank-robbing, freewheeling cowboy who swoops down "like some kind of angel" to rescue the rabbi who never steps out of that role (he won't ride horses or trains on the Sabbath, and dons his prayer robe and chants his prayers every morning). Every turn of the film is totally predictable and is basically a series of faux pas and mishaps that the always cute but inept rabbi keeps stepping into and of course, being the loser he is, you know that he can't get out any predicament without his friend Tommy (Ford) who is right behind to pick him up and wipe his nose. I can't recommend this film to anyone, except maybe a desperate Harrison Ford or Gene Wilder fan.
Summary of The Frisco Kid
It's 1850 and new rabbi Avram Belinski sets out from Philadelphia toward San Francisco. Cowpoke bandit Tom Lillard hasn't seen a rabbi before. But he knows when one needs a heap of help. And getting this tenderfoot to Frisco in one piece will cause a heap of trouble - with the law, Native Americans and a bunch of killers. Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford are one feisty team as rabbi and rescuer in this rough-'n'-ready romp that rivals Wilder's earlier Blazing Saddles in Wild West hilarity. Director Robert Aldrich is a seasoned hand at blending roughhouse and laughter, as fans of his earlier The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard will attest. With a full posse of screen talents, The Frisco Kid rides tall in the comedy saddle. Director: Robert Aldrich Starring: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon BieriGene Wilder takes his most unusual role, a naive 19th-century rabbi sent from his native Poland to the fledgling Jewish community in San Francisco, in this warm-hearted comic adventure. The trusting soul is easy prey for the con men and criminals who prey on the immigrants arriving in the Philadelphia port and the rabbi, beaten but unbowed, continues his trek West solo: broke, underequipped, and hopelessly lost. Harrison Ford, fresh from Star Wars, is the roguish outlaw who adopts the determined traveler and the two become unlikely friends as they make their way through one scrape after another. Wilder makes a sincere and sympathetic hero, his faith and courage seeing him through one crisis after another, and fresh-faced Ford makes an endearing scamp of a bank robber. The meandering adventure, overlong at two hours, takes its time as the duo traverses the gorgeous American countryside and end up in the bustling Barbary Coast San Francisco of the Gold Rush era. Legendary hard-edged action director Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly, The Dirty Dozen) brings a gentle touch and easygoing humor to this family-oriented adventure, but old habits die hard. While staying within PG parameters, Aldrich adds a little grit to the Old West fistfights and gunfights. --Sean Axmaker
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