Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 7
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Freebie (James Caan) and the Bean (Alan Arkin) are a pair of San Francisco cops. Red Meyers (Jack Kruschen) is the mobster whom Freebie and the Bean would like to see behind bars -- or, failing that, six feet under. Nothing stands in the way of the cops' pursuit of Meyers, meaning that private property is given quite a going-over in this picture. The film's most memorable scene finds Freebie and the Bean crashing their car into a poor schnook's living room. TV favorites Loretta Swit and Valerie
Cast
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Alan Arkin
Bean -
James Caan
Freebie -
Loretta Swit
Meyers' Wife -
Jack Kruschen
Red Meyers -
Mike Kellin
Lt. Rosen -
Valerie Harper
Bean's Wife -
Maurice Argent
Tailor -
Ted Duncan
Chicken Truck Driver -
Robert H. Harris
Michigan Phil -
Thomas Huff
Bellboy -
Whitey Hughes
Broder -
Paul Koslo
Whitey -
Linda Marsh
Freebie's Girl -
Alex Rocco
District Attorney -
Jerry Walter
Salesman -
Kathryn Witt
Whitey's Girl -
Eddy Donno
Bag Man -
John Garwood
Chauffeur -
Gary Kent
Ambulance Attendant -
Frank Orsatti
Laundry Truck Driver -
Marvin Walters
Policeman -
Gary Johnson
Liquor Truck Driver -
Christopher Morley
Transvestite -
John Powers
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (8) | DVD (1)
Freebie (James Caan) is a cop whose corruption is supposed to be charming.
Richard Rush's tasteless film, from a spitball script by Robert Kaufman, utilized lots of stunt and action crews disturbing the peace all over San Francisco.
On the whole, a film one can live without.
Top CriticIt has a cast of otherwise good actors doing bits of business (sometimes called acting) as if they thought they could upstage all of the movie's automobiles, which are seldom still.
The humor is tasteless and racist, but the action scenes are fantastically choreographed and executed.
The best darn movie of the seventies you've never seen.
Back in 1974, this type of frenetic crud was considered to be popular entertainment.
Caan and Arkin have great chemistry and the vehicle stunts are spectacular in this entertaining, very 1970s buddy-cop movie.
Rush's movie can be enjoyed as kitsch, but it plays better as an early stab at a Lethal Weapon-style movie, effortlessly combining violence and humour.
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Foreign Titles
- The Freebie (DE)
- The Freebie (UK)
