Freebie and the Bean

Original TV trailer with lots of schtick from stars Alan Arkin and James Caan, and supporting player Alex Rocco, from director Richard Rush’s genuinely screwy action-comedy Freebie And The Bean, 1974.

Grungy and profane, with the Transamerica building confirming San Francisco, James Caan and Alan Arkin (who’s supposed to be Mexican-American) as the title character cops, opening writer-director Richard Rush’s popular early buddy-action-comedy Freebie And The Bean 1974.

Writer-director Richard Rush getting adventurous with San Francisco scenery and banking on the chemistry of his co-stars, James Caan and Alan Arkin as the misfit partner cops, pursuing suspect Whitey (Paul Koslo) then hitting the streets, in the action-comedy Freebie And The Bean, 1974.

More banter between boastful James Caan and counterpunching Alan Arkin (whose character is Mexican-American), San Francisco cops staking out a Detroit hit-man, shooting on Pine Street in Nob Hill, matters almost getting serious, in writer-director Richard Rush’s Freebie And the Bean, 1974.