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The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
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22 December 1968 (USA)
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Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jason Robards | ... | Raymond Paine | |
| Britt Ekland | ... | Rachel Schpitendavel | |
| Norman Wisdom | ... | Chick Williams | |
| Forrest Tucker | ... | Trim Houlihan | |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Jacob Schpitendavel | |
| Joseph Wiseman | ... | Louis Minsky | |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Vance Fowler | |
| Elliott Gould | ... | Billy Minsky | |
| Jack Burns | ... | Candy Butcher | |
| Bert Lahr | ... | Professor Spats | |
| Gloria LeRoy | ... | Mae Harris | |
| Eddie Lawrence | ... | Scratch | |
| Dexter Maitland | ... | Duffy | |
| Lillian Hayman | ... | Singer in Speakeasy | |
| Richard Libertini | ... | Pockets (as Dick Libertini) |
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The Night They Invented Striptease
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Rated PG-13 for suggestive content and brief nudity.
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99 min
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Because of the excessive overtime generated by shooting around the death of Bert Lahr, Norman Lear gave gifts of initialed Tiffany silver money clips to many of the crew members, at the wrap party.
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Factual errors: Rachel says she has never kissed a man without a beard but an Amishman does not shave his beard after he becomes married.
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Jacob Schpitendavel:
I need your help, Louis Minsky. My daughter will not be welcome in my home if she stays the night to dance upon your son's stage. There is a train in 51 minutes. You must tell your son to see she is on it.
Louis Minsky: You see this chair? Tell it to dance. See if it listens. That's how much my Billy listens to me.
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Louis Minsky: You see this chair? Tell it to dance. See if it listens. That's how much my Billy listens to me.
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Spoofed in "Get Smart: The Day They Raided the Knights (#4.16)" (1969)
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Perfect Gentleman
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I will make this prediction NOW....that within 5 years we see THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKYS turned into a $100 per seat Broadway stage smash.......all the elements are there and like APPLAUSE or THE PRODUCERS one adds reworked or new songs and gives this bawdy burlesque treat a re tread. What this film is about, and the tawdry bump and grind style is a sitter for another go. Have another look at the film.......I'm right about this. Not a big success on first release, it eventually found an audience with THE PARTY, but somehow it is MINSKYS that is actually a better film and a more rewarding film. It was also Bert Lahr's final performance as he died during filming.