The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 3
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 2
liked it
Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 373
Movie Info
The oft-told story of the rise and fall of the James Younger gang is given the Dragnet treatment in The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid. With meticulous attention to detail, the film recreates the outlaw gang's most infamous escapade: the September 7, 1876, robbery of "the biggest bank west of the Mississippi" in Northfield, MN. Cliff Robertson plays Cole Younger, and Robert Duvall appears as Jesse James, herein depicted as a pair of vengeance-driven sociopaths, but no worse than the greedy
May 12, 1972 Wide
Sep 25, 2007
MCA Universal Home Video
Cast
-
Cliff Robertson
Cole Younger -
Robert Duvall
Jesse James -
Luke Askew
Jim Younger -
R.G. Armstrong
Clell Miller -
Dana Elcar
Allen -
Donald Moffat
Manning -
Anne Barton
Clell's wife -
Nellie Burt
Doll Woman -
William Challee
Old Timer -
Elisha Cook Jr.
Bunker -
Royal Dano
Gustavson -
Liam Dunn
Drummer -
Marjorie Durant Dye
Maybelle -
Robert H. Harris
Wilcox -
Erik Holland
Sheriff -
Herbert Nelson
Chief detective -
John Pearce
Frank James -
Arthur Peterson
Jefferson Jones -
Mary-Robin Redd
Kate -
Inger Stratton
Singing whore -
Wayne Sutherlin
Charley Pitts -
Barry Brown
Henry Wheeler -
Matt Clark
Bob Younger -
Jack Manning
Heywood -
Madeleine Taylor Hol...
Old Granny Woman -
Craig Curtis
Chadwell -
Robert Gravage
Farmer -
Bill Callaway
Calliopist
ADVERTISEMENT
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (3)
For 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.
A lovely, odd sort of middle Western. That is, it's neither conventional Western fiction nor completely documented fact, although it makes full use of history and is as crammed with the artifacts of 19th-century America.
[The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid] may be a valiant attempt but fails to come off.
Interesting for its demonstration of how exploitative capitalism leads simple-minded farmers' boys into outlawry, though somewhat marred by Duvall's manic interpretation of the role of Jesse James.
Top CriticThe finale bank heist is well-executed and possibly excuses the pic's flaws.
Kaufman's own script never gels and the whole exercise, admirable as it is and enlivened by quirky decidedly unwestern like humour, fails to make much dramatic impact.
An offbeat, ragged but totally absorbing Western.
A Preston Sturgesian portrait of myth
Audience Reviews for The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Super Reviewer
Super Reviewer
Discussion Forum
What's Hot On RT
New Desolation of Smaug trailer!
Naomi Watts is Princess Di
The Hangover 3, The Purge, and More
Trailer for a squirrely heist flick
See what's on TV tonight
Latest News on The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
July 10, 2008:
Kim Newman on... I Shot Jesse JamesRT Obscura, the exclusive column by renowned critic Kim Newman, sees the writer plumbing the depths...
Fresh Links
Featured
Halloween Movies For Wimps
Scary movies too scary for you? Here are some alternatives for October 31st.
10 Best Superhero TV Shows
HitFix combs through TV history to compile a superpowered list.
Ridiculous Movie Mistakes
RollingStone proves even the best movies miss a details here and there.
Deadly Movie Kids
Moviefone lists 11 Movie Kids Who Could Kick Our Asses.
50 States, 50 Movies
For July 4th, TimeOut has compiled 50 state-specific movie choices.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Featured on RT
- Primetime Preview: Supernatural, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and More 0
- RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: The Hangover Part III, The Purge, and More 11
- Primetime Preview: Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Hollow and More 0
- NYFF: Joaquin Phoenix and James Gray talk The Immigrant 2
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Gravity Stuns with Record $55M Launch 80
- Primetime Preview: Witches of East End, Once Upon a Time and More 4
- Weekly Ketchup: Disney Plans Live Action Cruella de Vil Movie 37
Top Headlines
-
Fox Animated Series, ABC Comedies Tumble in Sunday Ratings
0
-
Bong Joon-ho Reportedly "Furious" About Snowpiercer Cuts
0
-
Record-Setting Number of Films Competing in Foreign-Language Oscar Race
0
-
Woody Allen Cancels Blue Jasmine's India Premiere
1
-
Lionsgate Wants Gary Ross and Jennifer Lawrence's Burial Rites
1
-
ABC Plans Kevin Hart-Inspired Series
0
-
The Shining's Danny Torrance Is All Grown Up
1
Foreign Titles
- The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid (DE)
- The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid (UK)
