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Freebie and the Bean

Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin, and directed by Richard Rush. The film follows two police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an organized crime boss. The film, which had been originally scripted as a serious crime drama, morphed into what is…

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Box office
$12.5 million in the United States and Canada
Budget
$3 million
Cinematography
László Kovács
Country
United States
Directed by
Richard Rush
Distributed by
Warner Bros. Pictures

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Freebie and the Bean

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Freebie and the Bean

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related to Reception and legacy · 19
Freebie and the Bean → Arkin, Bean, Caan, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Freebie, Gene Siskel, Murphy, Peter O'Toole, Richard Rush, Roger Ebert, Rush's, The, The New York Times, The Stunt Man, Valerie Harper, Variety, Vincent Canby, You
related to External links · 8
Freebie and the Bean → AFI Catalog, Bean, Feature FilmsFreebie, Freebie, IMDbFreebie, Internet Movie Cars Database, Rotten TomatoesFreebie, TCM Movie Database
related to Release · 8
Freebie and the Bean → Bean, Busting, Chicago Film Festival, Christmas, Freebie, Peter Hyams, Plans, The
is a · 2
Freebie and the Bean → 1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin, buddy cop picture that's far less than arresting entertainment
Box office · 1
Freebie and the Bean → $12.5 million in the United States and Canada
Budget · 1
Freebie and the Bean → $3 million
Cinematography · 1
Freebie and the Bean → László Kovács
Country · 1
Freebie and the Bean → United States
Directed by · 1
Freebie and the Bean → Richard Rush
Distributed by · 1
Freebie and the Bean → Warner Bros. Pictures

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Freebie and the BeanBox office$12.5 million in the United States and Canada1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanBudget$3 million1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanCinematographyLászló Kovács1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanDirected byRichard Rush1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanDistributed byWarner Bros. Pictures1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanEdited byMichael McLean Fredric Steinkamp1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanMusic byDominic Frontiere1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanProduced byRichard Rush1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanRelease dateDecember 25, 1974 (1974-12-25)1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanRunning time113 minutes1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanScreenplay byRobert Kaufman1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanStarringJames Caan Alan Arkin Loretta Swit Jack Kruschen Mike Kellin Alex Rocco Valerie Harper1.00infobox
Freebie and the BeanStory byFloyd Mutrux1.00infobox
Freebie and the Beanis a1974 American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin0.90text
Freebie and the Beanis abuddy cop picture that's far less than arresting entertainment0.90text

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