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The Frisco Kid (1979)

The Frisco Kid poster
Directed by
Robert Aldrich
Genre
comedy film, Western film, buddy film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 174 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Polish rabbi travels across the American West to reach his new congregation in San Francisco. Along the way he teams up with a friendly bank robber who helps him navigate the dangers of the frontier.

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What happens

The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a bank robber who befriends him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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