description The Frisco Kid Overview
The Frisco Kid is a 1979 Western comedy featuring Gene Wilder as a rabbi and Harrison Ford as a criminal. The narrative involves an unlikely alliance formed during their journeys through California. It was directed by Robert Aldrich and explores the contrasting paths of these two characters.
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info The Frisco Kid Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1979 |
help The Frisco Kid FAQ
Why is Rabbi Avram traveling across the American West?
Avram Belinski, played by Gene Wilder, travels from Poland to become the rabbi of a new congregation in San Francisco. His limited frontier experience makes the cross-country journey far more dangerous than he expects.
Is Harrison Ford the villain in The Frisco Kid?
Ford plays Tommy Lillard, a bank robber who becomes Avram’s reluctant protector and friend. Although Tommy is an outlaw, he serves as the film’s second hero rather than its main villain.
Does The Frisco Kid take its Jewish subject seriously?
The comedy repeatedly tests Avram’s commitment to his faith, including his observance of the Sabbath and his care for a Torah scroll. Those details give his Judaism a real role in the plot instead of treating it only as a running joke.
Who directed The Frisco Kid?
Robert Aldrich directed the 1979 film late in his career. It was an unusual comic Western assignment for the filmmaker behind The Dirty Dozen and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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