The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid | |
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![]() 1972 Theatrical Poster | |
Directed by | Philip Kaufman |
Written by | Philip Kaufman |
Produced by | Jennings Lang |
Starring | Cliff Robertson |
Narrated by | Paul Frees |
Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
Edited by | Douglas Stewart |
Music by | Dave Grusin |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | Robertson and Associates |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid is a 1972 American Western film about the James-Younger Gang distributed by Universal Pictures. It was written and directed by Philip Kaufman in a cinéma vérité style and starring Cliff Robertson. 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.