The Frisco Kid Synopsis & Summary
Synopsis
Robert Aldrich returns to the western-spoof genre he'd previously explored in Four for Texas with The Frisco Kid. Gene Wilder plays Polish rabbi Avram Belinsky, who intends to set up a congregation in San Francisco. Eminently unsuited for life in the Old West, poor Avram is victimized by everyone with whom he comes in contact. Salvation arrives in the unlikely form of taciturn bank robber Tommy (Harrison Ford). Incredibly, Tommy takes a liking to the feckless Avram, and together the two men embark on a series of seriocomic adventures. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Movie Info
Starring:
Theatrical Release Date:
11/22/2003
DVD Release Date:
02/14/2006
Rating:
PG
Run Time:
122 min.
Distributor(s):
Warner Bros.
Production Co.:
Warner Brothers
Director(s):
Themes:
Culture Clash, Fish Out of Water, Unlikely Friendships
Tone:
Humorous, Irreverent, Quirky, Silly
Keywords:
Native-American, Rabbi, bank, culture [social culture], friendship, frontier, gold-rush, robbery
Time Period:
1950s
Language:
English
Status:
DVD
