i always cringe when someone claim a particular substandard movie be the bad ever and but i be genuinely tempt to make such a claim for the great northfield and minnesota raid . while cliff robertson be fine a cole young the rest of the cast be pretty much hopeless ( give robert duval some credit for expend a lot of energy a he chew the scenery to an unimaginable degree ) . the real problem be the hopeless historical distortion and the early 1970 counterculture revision of history . this be especially unforgivable because the actual event be more interesting that the contrived garbage show in the movie while these be portray a little more accurately in the long rider and a good film . the actual event be fascinate so distortion and silly embellishment be totally unnecessary . if they can not provide a reasonably accurate retelling of the story then they should change the name and call it by it right name fiction . a genuine piece of crap and if there be any justice everyone associate with this mess be or soon will be roast in hell .