The Meaning of Friendship
In the Warner Brothers' 1979 film, The Frisco Kid, starring Gene Wilder, Rabbi Avram is hijacked and waylaid as he makes his way warely across mid-America to San Francisco in the 1800's. The movie was billed as “The greatest cowboy ever to ride into the Wild West! From Poland."
Dimwitted Avram had been dispatched from Poland to lead a California synagogue. Unfortunately, he hooked-up with a couple of unscrupulous men, having not his, but their own best interests in mind. Obtaining a covered wagon and a team of horses, and securing an agreement with these men, the unsuspecting Avram believed he was safely on the road to his destination.
He was on the road alright, literally, face down...in his union suit underwear. You see, before he and his companions had gone very far, he was attacked and beaten by one of bullies in the back of his wagon. He was undressed down to his long underwear and, unceremoniously, thrown out the back.
Landing in the middle of a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, left barefoot and in his union suit, he picked himself up. Dazed but undeterred....
....the abandoned Rabbi limped down the road to retrieve his discarded clothes and boots.
Great movie! I've watched this so many times. The union suit scenes are great fun... Chase, Monroe, LA
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