A funny film stars Gene Wilder who's sweetness personified and Harrison Ford , as a rabbi and an outlaw , respectively . An off-the wall story set during the 1850s Gold Rush dealing with a rabbi (Gene Wilder) from Poland who travels to the United States to lead a Jewish congregation in San Francisco. The Polish rabbi wanders through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in the West . He first lands in Philadelphia , later on , joins a wagon train and is promptly robbed and abandoned . When he arrives there, he is hijacked and has to work his way across the country. On the way, he meets up with a not-too-bright bank robber (Harrison Ford) and they form an enjoyable friendship and have many misadventures including being captured by Native Americans : Chief Gray Cloud (Val Bisoglio), and is nearly burned at the stake and almost killed by outlaws (George DiCenzo, Ramon Bieri , William Smith) . The greatest cowboy ever to ride into the Wild West !. From Poland. This kosher cowboy hasn't got a prayer -- but plenty of laughs !.
Gene Wilder as an innocent , ortodox rabbi who's sent to the wilds of San Francisco and Harrison Ford as an obstinated bank robber make a surprisingly effective and fun team making their way to San Francisco. Developing a number of misfortunes , suffering assaults on the way, as they are taken by Native Americans and face off some dangerous bandits . Some attractive vignettes and Wilder-Ford interpretations make up for many other shortfalls , flaws and gaps. The film is especially about a nice and sensitive friendship in which a rabbi finds himself unexpectly befriendly a thief while undergoing numerous tribulations in order to get them both safely to their destination. This isn't a laugh riot and some set pieces fall distinctly flat , but Wilder and Ford lend the film their attractive . They are well accompanied by a good cast , such as : Ramon Bieri, George DiCenzo , Val Bisoglio , Leo Fuchs , Penny Peyser , Clyde Kusatsu, Allan Rich and the ordinary villain William Smith.
It displays an atmospheric cinematography by cameraman Robert B. Hauser . Likewise , an evocative and adequate musical score by Frank De Vol , Aldrich's regular .The motion picture was uneven but professionally directed by Robert Aldrich , though it has some shortcomings and failures. Aldrich began writing and directing for TV series in the early 1950s , and directed his first feature in 1953 (Big Leaguer ,1953). Soon thereafter he established his own production company and produced most of his own films , collaborating in the writing of many of them . Directed in a considerable plethora of genres but almost all of his films contained a subversive undertone . He was an expert on warlike genre (Dirty Dozen , The Angry Hills , Attack , Ten seconds to hell) and Western (The Frisko kid , Ulzana's raid, Apache , Veracruz , The last sunset) . Rating : 5.5/10 , it's a must see for Gene Wilder and Harrson Ford fans.
Gene Wilder as an innocent , ortodox rabbi who's sent to the wilds of San Francisco and Harrison Ford as an obstinated bank robber make a surprisingly effective and fun team making their way to San Francisco. Developing a number of misfortunes , suffering assaults on the way, as they are taken by Native Americans and face off some dangerous bandits . Some attractive vignettes and Wilder-Ford interpretations make up for many other shortfalls , flaws and gaps. The film is especially about a nice and sensitive friendship in which a rabbi finds himself unexpectly befriendly a thief while undergoing numerous tribulations in order to get them both safely to their destination. This isn't a laugh riot and some set pieces fall distinctly flat , but Wilder and Ford lend the film their attractive . They are well accompanied by a good cast , such as : Ramon Bieri, George DiCenzo , Val Bisoglio , Leo Fuchs , Penny Peyser , Clyde Kusatsu, Allan Rich and the ordinary villain William Smith.
It displays an atmospheric cinematography by cameraman Robert B. Hauser . Likewise , an evocative and adequate musical score by Frank De Vol , Aldrich's regular .The motion picture was uneven but professionally directed by Robert Aldrich , though it has some shortcomings and failures. Aldrich began writing and directing for TV series in the early 1950s , and directed his first feature in 1953 (Big Leaguer ,1953). Soon thereafter he established his own production company and produced most of his own films , collaborating in the writing of many of them . Directed in a considerable plethora of genres but almost all of his films contained a subversive undertone . He was an expert on warlike genre (Dirty Dozen , The Angry Hills , Attack , Ten seconds to hell) and Western (The Frisko kid , Ulzana's raid, Apache , Veracruz , The last sunset) . Rating : 5.5/10 , it's a must see for Gene Wilder and Harrson Ford fans.