Freebie and the Bean is a 1974 American buddy cop black action comedy film directed by Richard Rush, starring James Caan, Alan Arkin, Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper.
Plot[]
Two wisecracking plain-clothes San Francisco policemen (James Caan and Alan Arkin) discover that there is a contract on the life of the suspect they have been tailing. The pair decide to act as bodyguards until they can get a warrant to pick him up, but plans for a clean arrest go spectacularly wrong, and the two cops manage to bring the city to a virtual standstill.
Cast[]
- James Caan as Det. Sgt. Tim "Freebie" Walker
- Alan Arkin as Det. Sgt. Dan "Bean" Delgado
- Loretta Swit as Mildred Meyers
- Jack Kruschen as Red Meyers
- Alex Rocco as D.A. Walter W. Cruikshank
- Mike Kellin as Lt. Rosen
- Paul Koslo as Whitey
- Valerie Harper as Consuelo Delgado
- Linda Marsh as Barbara
- Christopher Morley as Transvestite
- Maurice Argent as Tailor