The Frisco Kid (1979)

1979 • 118 minutes

About this movie

Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder star as a taciturn gunslinger and a clueless immigrant rabbi traveling across the Wild West in the comic adventures of The Frisco Kid. Ranked 87th out of 88 in his rabbinical class, Avram Belinski (Wilder--Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein) accepts a posting to Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Speaking little English but following a leading from God, the young rabbi sets out from Philadelphia for San Francisco, believing his destination to be a short walk. Along the way he befriends bank robber Tommy Lillard (Ford--Indiana Jones films, Star Wars films). Now, as this mismatched pair crosses the frontier, the Old West will never be the same.

Ratings and reviews

One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Gene Wilder is lovable in this role and Harrison Ford is just the icing on the cake! Great entertainment!

Hilarious, Gene Wilder at his best.

Good movie