The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | |
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1972 Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
| Produced by | Jennings Lang |
| Written by | Philip Kaufman |
| Starring |
Cliff Robertson Robert Duvall |
| Narrated by | Paul Frees |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Edited by | Douglas Stewart |
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Production
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Robertson and Associates
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid is a 1972 Technicolor Western film about the James-Younger Gang distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Philip Kaufman in a cinéma vérité style and starred Cliff Robertson as Cole Younger, Robert Duvall as Jesse James, Luke Askew as Jim Younger, R. G. Armstrong as Clell Miller, John Pearce as Frank James, and Matt Clark as Bob Younger. The film purports to recreate the James-Younger Gang's most infamous escapade, the September 7, 1876, robbery of "the biggest bank west of the Mississippi" in Northfield, Minnesota.
In the mid-1870s, outlaws Jesse James, Cole Younger and their brothers are granted amnesty by the Missouri legislature, sympathetic to the troubles created for all citizens by the American Civil War. The bankers victimized by the James and Younger gangs are vehemently opposed to this action and hire a Pinkerton agent to follow the outlaws' every move.
Younger has put aside plans to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, said to be the largest west of the Mississippi River. The job appeals, however, to Jesse and Frank James, who have no intention of changing the way they make a living.
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