History Film / TheFriscoKid

* OnlyFriend: Tommy and Avram to each other.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: There are several inaccuracies about Judaism (somewhat {{JustifiedTrope}} as Avram is described as being at the bottom of his yeshiva class) ranging from relatively trivial to the more significant:

* BigDamnHeroes[=/=]TheCavalry: Just as the con men are going to kill Avram, Tommy shows up with a gun to save him.

* FirstFriend[=/=]OnlyFriend: Tommy and Avram to each other.

No relation to 1935 film ''Film/FriscoKid'' starring Creator/JamesCagney.

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[[caption-width-right:315:The Wild West adventures of a strictly kosher cowboy.]]

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[[caption-width-right:310:The Wild West adventures of a strictly kosher cowboy.]]

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Avram is an innocent, trusting, and inexperienced Rabbi, whilst Tommy is a rough, foul-mouthed outlaw.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Avram and Tommy

* SensitiveGuyManlyMan: Avram and Tommy

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: There are several inaccuracies about Judaism (somewhat [Justified] as Avram is described as being at the bottom of his yeshiva class) ranging from relatively trivial to the more significant:

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: There are several inaccuracies about Judaism, ranging from relatively trivial to the more significant:

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[[caption-width-right:300:The Wild West adventures of a strictly kosher cowboy.]]

''The Frisco Kid'' is a 1979 American {{Western}} comedy film directed by Creator/RobertAldrich, starring Creator/GeneWilder as a Polish rabbi traveling to a Synagogue in San Francisco, who befriends a bank robber (Creator/HarrisonFord) while being chased by outlaws and Native Americans.

** The movie doesn't seem aware of a basic concept in Judaism called ''pekuach nefesh'', the principle that nearly all the religious laws can and ''should'' be violated to save a person's life. He is seen repeatedly risking his life not to violate the Shabbat or see his Torah scroll be burned, and any rabbi would know he has no obligation to do such things, and that it's even considered a serious sin to endanger one's life for such purposes. Especially strange considering they had two rabbis as consultants.

* ThunderEqualsDownpour: After rabbi Avram tells a skeptical Native American chief that the Abrahamic God can do anything, "but he does not. Make. Rain.", there's a thunderclap and a downpour.

''The Frisco Kid'' is a 1979 American {{Western}} comedy film directed by Creator/RobertAldrich, starring Creator/GeneWilder as a Polish rabbi traveling to a Synagogue in San Francisco and befriends a bank robber (Creator/HarrisonFord) while being chased by outlaws and Native Americans.

** The movie doesn't seem aware of a basic concept in Judaism called ''pekuach nefesh'', the principle that nearly all the religious laws can and ''should'' be violated to save a person's life. He is seen repeatedly risking his life not to violate the Shabbat or see his Torah scroll be burned, and any rabbi would know he has no obligation to do such things, and that it's even considered a serious sin to endanger one's life for such purposes.

* MistakenForAfterlife: Avram passes out after having too many berries at an Indian Bonfire, even though Tommy, his gunslinger companion, tells him to ease off. He awakes in a small room, attended by a silent figure in robes, with a large cross on the wall. When he starts to panic, thinking he died, Tommy shows up and tells him that he was brought to a local monastery for help.

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** The movie doesn't seem aware of a basic concept in Judaism called ''pekuach nefesh'', the principle that nearly all the religious laws cand and ''should'' be violated to save a person's life. He is seen repeatedly risking his life not to violate the Shabbat or see his Torah scroll be burned, and any rabbi would know he has no obligation to do such things, and that it's even considered a serious sin to endanger one's life for such purposes.

** The movie doesn't seem aware of a basic concept in Judaism called ''pekuach nefesh'', the principle that nearly all the religious laws should be violated to save a person's life. He is seen repeatedly risking his life not to violate the Shabbat or see his Torah scroll be burned, and any rabbi would know he has no obligation to do such things, and that it's even considered a serious sin to endanger one's life for such purposes.

A 1979 American Western Comedy directed by Creator/RobertAldrich, starring Creator/GeneWilder as a Polish rabbi traveling to a Synagogue in San Francisco and befriends a bank robber (Creator/HarrisonFord) while being chased by outlaws and Native Americans.

!Tropes for the film:

* TontoTalk: When Avram and Tommy are captured by Native Americans, they attempt some Tonto talk, e.g. "Me rabbi. Jewish Rabbi. I cross big ocean. I read much book about Indians." Chief Gray Cloud is not amused and replies "You don't speak English very well."

* ThunderEqualsDownpour: After rabbi Avram tells a skeptical Native American chief that the Abrahamic God can do anything, "but he does not. Make. Rain.", there's a thunderclap and a downpour.

* SettleForSibling: Played with as Belinksi is arranged to be married to the daughter of a local Jewish merchant, without having met her; she's vain, selfish, a total flirt and obviously not a good match for him. Her shyer more modest and withdrawn sister is a much better match...as the rabbi discovers when he eventually arrives in town, takes one glimpse of the younger sister and falls hopelessly in love with her, without having even met his intended bride. He ends up marrying her instead.