Robert Duval is Jesse James and Cliff Robertson is Cole Younger in the 1972 western The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid. Based on a true story, these two leaders of the infamous James-Younger gang head up a robbery attempt on the so called biggest bank west of the Mississipi, located in the aforementioned wintery burgh. Not all goes as planned though, starting with infighting among the outlaws themselves, followed by the threat of Pinkerton detectives on their trail and more. Writer/director Philip Kaufman, later of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Right Stuff fame, shows a sure hand helming this oater with great performances from the two Oscar-winning stars.
“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.” – Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
“An offbeat, ragged but totally absorbing Western.” – TV Guide
