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Freebie and the Bean
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Comedy, Drama |
| Release Date: | December 25, 1974 |
| Running time: | 113 minutes |
| Cast: | Alan Arkin, James Caan, Loretta Swit, Jack Kruschen, Mike Kellin |
| Director: | Richard Rush |
| Producer: | Floyd Mutrux |
| Writer: | Robert Kaufman, Floyd Mutrux |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Description: 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 Harper play the only female roles worth mentioning. The racist and sexist humor in Freebie and the Bean may not go over as well today as it did in the politically incorrect early '70s.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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