Gene Wilder plays a Jewish Rabbi who is sent from Eastern Europe to serve a congregation in San Francisco, befriended along the way by a bank robber (Harrison Ford) in “The Frisco Kid.”
Good chemistry between Wilder and Ford brings to life the humorous screenplay by Michael Elias and Frank Shaw. Director Robert Aldrich (“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962) did a quality job with high quality production values, good writing, and good acting to make this an entertaining picture. This was Aldrich’s second to last film in a career that began in 1941. Co-stars include Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Clyde Kusatsu, Vincent Schiavelli, and Joe Kapp.
Laughs about in this film, like the scene where Wilder mistakes members of an Amish community for Jews. He fainted when he noticed a large cross on their Bible. Get ready for your funny bone to be tickled in the watchable movie “The Frisco Kid” from Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Frisco Kid (1979)
cinema
My Review
Gene Wilder plays a Jewish Rabbi who is sent from Eastern Europe to serve a congregation in San Francisco, befriended along the way by a bank robber (Harrison Ford) in “The Frisco Kid.”
Good chemistry between Wilder and Ford brings to life the humorous screenplay by Michael Elias and Frank Shaw. Director Robert Aldrich (“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962) did a quality job with high quality production values, good writing, and good acting to make this an entertaining picture. This was Aldrich’s second to last film in a career that began in 1941. Co-stars include Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Clyde Kusatsu, Vincent Schiavelli, and Joe Kapp.
Laughs about in this film, like the scene where Wilder mistakes members of an Amish community for Jews. He fainted when he noticed a large cross on their Bible. Get ready for your funny bone to be tickled in the watchable movie “The Frisco Kid” from Warner Bros. Pictures.