---
title: 'The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Philip Kaufman'
released: '1972-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-northfield-minnesota-raid-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068661/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)

1972 · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid is a 1972 American Western film about the James-Younger Gang. Distributed by Universal Pictures, it was written and directed by Philip Kaufman in a cinéma vérité style and stars Cliff Robertson. The film purports to recreate the James-Younger Gang's most infamous escapade, the September 7, 1876 robbery of "the biggest bank west of the Mississippi", in Northfield, Minnesota.

## Credits

- **Editor:** [Douglas Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-stewart)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman)
- **Director:** [Philip Kaufman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-kaufman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dave Grusin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-grusin)
- **Producer:** [Jennings Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennings-lang)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruce Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-surtees)

## Cast

- [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark)
- [William Challee](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-challee)
- [Dana Elcar](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-elcar)
- [John Pearce](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-pearce)
- [R. G. Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-g-armstrong)
- [Barry Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-brown)
- [Liam Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-dunn)
- [Robert Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-duvall)
- [Royal Dano](https://cinepixo.com/people/royal-dano)
- [Cliff Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/cliff-robertson)
- [Luke Askew](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-askew)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Donald Moffat](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-moffat)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)

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