"Бос және Бин: Сан-Франциско қызығы"

1974 film by Richard Rush

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 offbeat 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 now known as the "buddy cop" genre due to the bantering, improvisational nature of the acting by Caan and Arkin. Reportedly, by the end of filming, both actors were confused by the purpose of the movie, not knowing that they had stumbled into a successful character formula. The film was popular enough to spawn various other successful film franchises such as, Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop. Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper appeared in support roles.

Freebie and Bean are a pair of maverick detectives with the San Francisco Police Department Intelligence Squad. The volatile, gratuity seeking Freebie is trying to get promoted to the vice squad to garner perks for his retirement while the neurotic and fastidious Bean has ambitions to make lieutenant. Against a backdrop of the Super Bowl weekend in San Francisco, the partners are trying to conclude a 14 month investigation, digging through garbage to gather evidence against well connected racketeer Red Meyers, when they discover that a hit man from Detroit is after Meyers as well. After rejecting their pretext arrest of Meyers to protect him, the district attorney orders them to keep him alive until Monday. After locating and shooting the primary hit man, and distracted by Bean's suspicions that his wife is having an affair with the landscaper, they continue their investigation seeking a key witness against Meyers who can explain and corroborate the evidence. In the midst of this, they foil a second hit on Meyers by a backup team, leading to a destructive vehicle and foot pursuit through the city, after which they learn that Meyers is planning to fly to Miami before Monday. Tailing him, they receive word that their witness has been located and a warrant issued for Meyers' arrest. Unknown to them, a woman Red Meyers picked up at a local park is a female impersonator looking to rob him. During the arrest attempt at Candlestick Park, Bean is shot by the thief, who flees with Meyers into the stadium where the Super Bowl is underway. Freebie corners the thief in a women's restroom. Despite being shot himself, he rescues a hostage and kills the thief after he nearly bests Freebie with his unexpected martial arts skills. The D. A. arrives after the shootings and tells Freebie that the warrant is canceled because the witness was assassinated on the way to the station. Freebie goes nuts and demands to be allowed to arrest Meyers, which is granted by the lieutenant in command of his squad, only to find that Meyers has died of a heart attack. Freebie is further demoralized to learn that the evidence they gathered was planted by Meyers' wife in an extra marital conspiracy with his lieutenant. Bean is not dead after all, however, and in the ambulance the two wounded partners engage in a free for all when Freebie thinks Bean has been playing a joke on him, causing yet another accident.

Plans to distribute the film in early 1974 were shelved due to concerns about competition with Peter Hyams' similar Busting. The film opened the 1974 Chicago Film Festival.

The film was panned by critics upon release. A. D. Murphy of Variety called it a "tasteless 'comedy' about two dumb cops breaking the law". Peter O'Toole agreed to be in The Stunt Man on the basis of Rush's work on Freebie and the Bean. The film was featured in the 1995 documentary film The Celluloid Closet. The film has become a cult favorite. In a 2018 interview Quentin Tarantino called it "nothing short of a masterpiece absolutely brutal part of the way the film worked was for you to laugh at the brutal violence and then feel bad about yourself for laughing." A 2018 article in Rolling Stone alleged that Stanley Kubrick called Freebie and the Bean the best film of 1974.

The film became a substantial box office success. It was one of Caan's most successful movies after The Godfather.

A short lived nine episode television series based on the film and sharing its title, starring Tom Mason and Héctor Elizondo in the title roles, was broadcast on CBS on Saturday nights at 9:00 PM in December 1980 and January 1981.

Harper was nominated for the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for playing the Hispanic wife of Alan Arkin.