Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal Studios
EAN: 0025195016636
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: 025195016636
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 91 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1972

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: Pg

Average Rating:

Rating: - tall tale
As Eric the movie buff reminds us, this film is decidedly not historical. What it is is a tall tale . There is a narrator that introduces the film and later ends it. The intervening movie should be seen as that narrator's version of events , dressed up for his audience with some quirky details and a clear bias towards Cole Younger. He says his is the "true story of the raid." It's not. Now I like historical accuracy as much as anyone (no, more than anyone), but this is not an historical film , nor ... Read More

Rating: - this is a good western
A good account of the James gang. I feel it was well researched, a well written script, and good acting.

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Rating: - Finally released on dvd.
I remember this movie when a young man. I remember it mostly because I saw it being filmed in Jacksonville, Oregon. While not a great movie, it's very watchable, especially if you are a western fan. Highly recommend.

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Rating: - A Tragically "Unknown" Gem

"The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid" is one of the best crafted and excellently acted films you will ever see. It is such a shame that this truly great film is so little known. This, basically, is the original "telling" of the "Long Riders" without all the "polish" of hollywood...and that is just fine for this story, which, of course, actually DID happen. A little grittier than "The Long Riders", and that TOO is also in keeping...this, after all, is NOT a pretty story, so WHY doctor it up??? ... Read More

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Rating: - Another angle on the James Gang
This depiction of the James Gang's disastrous bank job in Northfield, Minnesota is a nice companion piece to Walter Hill's depiction of the same event in THE LONG RIDERS. Here Philip Kaufman, the ever-underrated director of THE WANDERERS and the 1970s remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, focuses on (and pretty much idolizes) Cole Younger (Cliff Robertson) as the "good" would-be leader of the gang, struggling against a distracted and near-psychopathic Jesse James (Robert Duvall)--but the supporting ... Read More