---
title: 'The Night They Raided Minsky''s (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Friedkin'
released: '1968-12-21'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-they-raided-minskys-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)

1968 · 99 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

The Night They Raided Minsky's is a 1968 American musical comedy film written and produced by Norman Lear, with music and lyrics by the duo of Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, and directed by William Friedkin. Based on a 1960 novel by Rowland Barber, the film is a fictional account of the invention of the striptease at Minsky's Burlesque in 1925. It stars Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Elliott Gould and Bert Lahr.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Friedkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-friedkin)
- **Screenplay:** [Norman Lear](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lear), [Arnold Schulman](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnold-schulman), [Sidney Michaels](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-michaels)
- **Producer:** [Norman Lear](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-lear)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Strouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-strouse)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-laszlo)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-rosenblum)

## Cast

- [Norman Wisdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-wisdom)
- [Elliott Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-gould)
- [Jack Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-burns)
- [Richard Libertini](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-libertini)
- [Britt Ekland](https://cinepixo.com/people/britt-ekland)
- [Joseph Wiseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-wiseman)
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards)
- [Forrest Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-tucker)
- [Helen Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-wood)
- [Bert Lahr](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-lahr)
- [Harry Andrews](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-andrews)
- [Denholm Elliott](https://cinepixo.com/people/denholm-elliott)
- [Rudy Vallée](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudy-vallee)

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