Wednesday, 20 March 2013

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

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.
                                                                      1972 Theatrical Poster

Directed by Philip Kaufman
Produced by Jennings Lang
Written by Philip Kaufman
Narrated by Paul Frees
Starring Cliff Robertson
Robert Duvall
Music by Dave Grusin
Cinematography Bruce Surtees
Editing by Douglas Stewart
Distributed by Robertson and Associates
Release date(s)
  • May 12, 1972
Running time 91 minutes
Country United StatesFilmed in Jacksonville, Oregon
Language English

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