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Freebie and the Bean (1974)

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Release Date: Dec 25, 1974 Wide

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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

R, 1 hr. 52 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Chuck Bail , Richard Rush

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1974 Wide

On DVD: Jan 11, 2011

Box Office:$8.3k

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

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
Dentist

Critic Reviews for Freebie and the Bean

All Critics (8) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (3) | DVD (1)

The best darn movie of the seventies you've never seen.

July 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Clothes on Film

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Chris Laverty

Clothes on Film

Back in 1974, this type of frenetic crud was considered to be popular entertainment.

June 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Caan and Arkin have great chemistry and the vehicle stunts are spectacular in this entertaining, very 1970s buddy-cop movie.

February 7, 2006 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

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Thoroughly awesome, the first real buddy cop film is also one of the best. Totally ridiculous and full of shenanigans.

June 10, 2007

Ken Stachnik

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I don't really know if Freebie and the Bean classifies as the first buddy cop film, but if it is, it's the best one I've ever seen. It's hard to believe that a comedy like this starring Alan Arkin and James Caan as a duo was ever made, but it was. The dialogue feels fresh and must have been adlibbed. The caper isn't

February 4, 2010