The Night They Raided Minsky's

The Night They Raided Minsky's
Theatrical release poster by Frank Frazetta
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
Written byNorman Lear
Sidney Michaels
Arnold Schulman
Based onThe Night They Raided Minsky's
(1960 novel)
by Rowland Barber
Produced byNorman Lear
StarringJason Robards
Britt Ekland
Norman Wisdom
Bert Lahr
CinematographyAndrew Laszlo
Edited byRalph Rosenblum
Music byPhilip J. Lang
Charles Strouse
Lee Adams (songs)
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18)
[1]
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3 million (rentals)[2]

The Night They Raided Minsky's is a 1968 American musical comedy film written and produced by Norman Lear, with music and lyrics by the duo of Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, and directed by William Friedkin. Based on a 1960 novel by Rowland Barber, the film is a fictional account of the invention of the striptease at Minsky's Burlesque in 1925. It stars Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould and Bert Lahr.

The film was released by United Artists on December 18, 1968, to generally positive reviews. It was a financial success and later spawned a stage musical adaptation, Minsky's, in 2009.

  1. ^ The Night They Raided Minsky's at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969". Variety. 7 January 1970. p. 15.