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The Frisco Kid

1979, Movie, PG, 122 mins

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A weakly scripted, largely unfunny comedy-western intermittently helped by Gene Wilder's then-considerable charm. Wilder plays a Polish rabbi who is making his way through the Wild West to lead a congregation in San Francisco. Victimized by sharpers and almost killed by outlaws and Indians, he's repeatedly rescued by a grim-faced gunman (Ford) who inexplicably adopts this wandering Jew. Aldrich's direction is heavy-handed, recalling his earlier, equally leaden comic western ... read more leave a comment
A shanghaied sailor (James Cagney) turns himself into the king of San Francisco's rough-and-tumble Barbary Coast in The Frisco Kid (1935).
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Posted: 8/1/2008
A Polish rabbi stranded in the American wild west teams up with a daring bank robber to get to his new congregation in San Francisco. Possibly the only Jewish western ever made!
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Length: 01:12
Posted: 3/17/2008
Year: 1979
Rated PG

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Cast
Gene Wilder: Avram Belinsky
Harrison Ford: Tommy
Ramon Bieri: Mr. Jones
Val Bisoglio: Chief Gray Cloud
George DiCenzo: Darryl Diggs
Leo Fuchs: Chief Rabbi

 

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