The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

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In 1876, the Missouri legislature issues a pardon and amnesty to the James and Younger gangs despite many people considering them outlaws. The pardon is because they protected the homesteaders of Clay County against the marauding railroaders, who wouldn't let anyone or anything get in their way of building the railroad where they wanted. However, the railroad companies and banks still consider them outlaws and will take matters into their own hands if they come across the gan... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid:

Cliff Robertson
Robert Duvall
Luke Askew
R.G. Armstrong
Dana Elcar
Donald Moffat

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In 1876, the Missouri legislature issues a pardon and amnesty to the James and Younger gangs despite many people considering them outlaws. The pardon is because they protected the homesteaders of Clay County against the marauding railroaders, who wouldn't let anyone or anything get in their way of building the railroad where they wanted. However, the railroad companies and banks still consider them outlaws and will take matters into their own hands if they come across the gangs. Prior to the pardon, Cole Younger had contemplated robbing the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota - what is considered the largest bank west of the Mississippi - but has now decided against it. Circumstances, including learning that Jesse James and his gang are going ahead with the robbery behind his back, and that the railroaders issuing a war against them which also includes bribing the legislature to revoke the pardon, make Cole change his mind. But right from the start - even during the planning stages - things don't go quite according to script, which may be an omen for things to come.

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Variety - 8/10 by Variety Staff[The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid] may be a valiant attempt but fails to come off.
TIME Magazine - 8/10 by Jay CocksFor all its flaws, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid is the kind of first movie so rich in texture and invention that we can look forward to a lot more from Philip Kaufman.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzThe finale bank heist is well-executed and possibly excuses the pic's flaws.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UI enjoyed this movie. It was great little black comedy. Robert Duvall was brilliant as Jesse James.
User Review - 8/10 by Patrick MNever heard of this movie until I discovered it on Netflix and to my surprise, a very decent Western. Robert Duvall shines in his role as Jesse James, but he is not the focal point of this film. Duvall in a supporting role works well, as the film builds his anticipated return while we await his reaction to the chaos his gang creates. I really enjoyed the climax of this movie and many scenes still could hold up to today's audience.
User Review - 8/10 by Stuart KWritten and directed by Philip Kaufman, (Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), The Right Stuff (1983) and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)), this one came shortly after Kaufman's debut Fearless Frank (1967) got released in late 1969. It caught the attention of Cliff Robertson, who got Kaufman a deal at Universal to do this low budget western, which is very down and dirty. It tells the exploits of the James-Younger Gang in the mid 1870's, Cole Younger (Robertson) and Jesse James (Robert Duvall) have been granted amnesty in Missouri, so they head north to Minnesota, where Younger has plans to rob "the biggest bank west of the Mississippi". Younger has it all planned out, but Jesse and his brother Frank (John Pearce), have doubts as to whether the plan will work, but Younger assures them it will, it seems like a doddle. However, when they arrive at the bank in Northfield, Minnesota, they didn't count the locals getting wise and Pinkerton agents ambushing them. Everything that can go wrong, does go wrong here. It's a world away from the sunny westerns of old, this one is dirty, muddy and has rain in it, like Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) did. Kaufman mainly filmed it with handheld cameras, which was rare for a film like this, but it sealed the deal, and it was a small success, and put Kaufman on the map as a director to watch.
User Review - 8/10 by TTT CRobertson is a thinker and a dreamer, and Duval is a psychopath, who wants to keep on the Civil War to keep on killing; the film is unique for those two performances and the uncommented on psychedelic visions, which make science-enthusiast Cole Younger an unreligious prophet besides a decent man
User Review - 6/10 by Brad GIt's gritty and cold and interesting, but boy is it clear it was made in the 70s.
User Review - 6/10 by Michael RA different take on the legendary James-Younger gang, which claims to be historically accurate. Younger is definitely the star of the gang in this portrayal with Jesse James being portrayed somewhat as an over the top fool. Okay, but not one of the best of the genre.
User Review - 6/10 by Mike MA curious western from the early 70s that - by comparison - plays conspicuously-bland in comparison to spaghetti westerns from only a few years prior. Effective scenes of Hollywood-esque gun play are completely undermined by a whimsical musical score only seconds later, leading the viewer to wonder exactly what type of movie director Kaufman (or perhaps the producers) were searching for. A real mixed bag, overall. Decent drive-in movie fare - with good performances from Robert Duvall and Cliff Robertson - but little else.

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