The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The West the way it really was!

5.719721h 31m

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Drama

Western

Overview

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.

StatusReleased

Release Date1972-05-12

Runtime1h 31m

LanguagesEnglishDeutschsvenska

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

jesse james

cole younger

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Cast & Crew

Cliff Robertson

as Cole Younger

Robert Duvall

as Jesse James

Luke Askew

as Jim Younger

R.G. Armstrong

as Clell Miller

Dana Elcar

as Allen

Donald Moffat

as Manning

John Pearce

as Frank James

Matt Clark

as Bob Younger

Wayne Sutherlin

as Charley Pitts

Robert H. Harris

as Wilcox

Reviews

Wuchak

Jul 30, 2026

5/10

***Deglamorization of the Old West*** Phillip Kaufman's "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" details the final bank heist of the James-Younger Gang in 1876, which was an epic failure for the infamous bunch. The tone is equal parts raw realism and parody; you could almost call it a Western black comedy with similarities to Altman’s contempora…

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