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Director:
Philip Kaufman
Writer:
Philip Kaufman (writer)
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Release Date:
12 May 1972 (Finland) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
The West the way it really was! more
Plot:
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, MN. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Pretty amusing, especially for those who have lived in Northfield more

Cast

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Cliff Robertson ... Cole Younger

Robert Duvall ... Jesse James
Luke Askew ... Jim Younger
R.G. Armstrong ... Clell Miller
Dana Elcar ... Allen
Donald Moffat ... Manning
John Pearce ... Frank James
Matt Clark ... Bob Younger
Wayne Sutherlin ... Charley Pitts
Robert H. Harris ... Wilcox
Jack Manning ... Heywood
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Bunker (as Elisha Cook)
Royal Dano ... Gustavson
Mary-Robin Redd ... Kate
William Callaway ... Calliopist (as Bill Calloway)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Jacksonville, Oregon, USA

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Narrator: Even before the wounds of the Civil War had healed in Missouri, the railroads came swarming in to steal the land. Everywhere, men from the railroads were driving poor, defenseless families from their homes. And that's when a fresh wind suddenly began to blow...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Gunfighters of the Old West (1992) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Hodie Christus - Natus Est more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Pretty amusing, especially for those who have lived in Northfield, 6 January 2006
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Author: CivilWarBill from United States

There are some very interesting moments in this movie. The performance by Cliff Robertson is indeed very good, and I think the movie raises some interesting points in its portrayal of the James/Younger gang as a metaphor for the final death rattle of the old south against the modernizing north. However, this movie can't seem to decide between a comedic tone or an ironic and cynical one. I would say it succeeds in its more serious moments, but the comedic sections are very contrived.

I went to college in Northfield, and I was glad to see my alma mater represented in the film (before its name was changed to Carleton). I became pretty familiar with this raid after attending Northfield's annual "Defeat of Jesse James Days" festivities four times. Surprisingly, the actual raid itself is portrayed fairly accurately, with the proper body count and roughly similar series of events, although some details are different. I liked the irony the filmmakers added with the incident of Cole Younger fixing the rifle that was later used to snipe at his gang members. Oh yeah, and you gotta love those snow capped mountains that surround Northfield (yeah, right), and the whorehouse full of buxom Scandanavians!

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