The Night They Raided Minsky's

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Narrator Rudy Vallee announces that he knows we are a "real high class audience," thus he has "some swell story to tell." Thus begins The Night They Raided Minsky's, set in the rarefied world of burlesque in the 1920s. Amish girl Rachel Schpitendavel Britt Ekland comes to New York in hopes of securing work as a dancing interpreter of religious stories. She gets a job at Minsky's burlesque house, where the dance numbers are "Biblical" only when some gum-chewing stripper performs Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils. ...
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Overview

Narrator Rudy Vallee announces that he knows we are a "real high class audience," thus he has "some swell story to tell." Thus begins The Night They Raided Minsky's, set in the rarefied world of burlesque in the 1920s. Amish girl Rachel Schpitendavel Britt Ekland comes to New York in hopes of securing work as a dancing interpreter of religious stories. She gets a job at Minsky's burlesque house, where the dance numbers are "Biblical" only when some gum-chewing stripper performs Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils. The many subplots leading up to Rachel's accidental invention of the striptease during a midnight Minsky's show involve many: top banana Chick Williams Norman Wisdom and womanizing straight-man Raymond Paine Jason Robards Jr.; Billy Minsky Elliot Gould, whose efforts to stage girlie shows at the National Winter Garden are looked down upon by Minsky Sr. Joseph Wiseman, who holds the lease on the theater; gangster Trim Houlihan Forrest Tucker, who intends to shut down Minsky's if he can't get a piece of the action; Ekland's preacher father Harry Andrews, who shows up in New York just in time to see his daughter bare all in front of a cheering audience; and Vance Fowler Denhom Elliot, self-appointed protector of public morals, whom Paine hopes to embarrass by having Rachel perform her religious dance. A straightforward adaptation of Rowland Barber's novel The Night They Raided Minsky's would seem to be called for here, but novice director William Friedkin and film editor Ralph Rosenblum seem determined to turn the film into a kaleidoscope Hard Day's Night clone. Happily, producer Norman Lear is able to accommodate several nostalgic re-creations of such burlesque chestnuts as "Crazy House" and "Meet Me Round the Corner," as well as six delightful in-period songs penned by Bye Bye Birdie's Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, the best of which is the ribald "Perfect Gentleman." Bert Lahr makes his last appearance on screen in the role of washed-up funnyman Professor Spats; he died during production, and had to be extensively doubled throughout.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 5/20/2008
  • UPC: 883904106814
  • Original Release: 1968

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  • Source: UNITED ARTISTS
  • Region Code: 1
  • Time: 1:39:00
  • Format: DVD

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Jason Robards Jr. 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 Prof.Spats
Gloria Le Roy Mae Harris
Eddie Lawrence Scratch
Dexter Maitland Duffy
Lillian Hayman Singer In Speakeasy
Will B. Able Clyde
Frank Shaw Immigration Officer 2
Chanin Hale Valerie
Ernestine Barrett Minsky Girl
Kelsey Collins Minsky Girl
Marilyn D'Honau Minsky Girl
Kathryn Doby Minsky Girl
Joanna Lehmann Minsky Girl
Dorothea MacFarland Minsky Girl
Billie Mahoney Minsky Girl
Carolyn Morris Minsky Girl
June Eve Story Minsky Girl
Helen Wood Minsky's Girl
Mike Elias
Herbie Faye Waiter
Richard Libertini Pockets
Judith Lowry Mother Annie
Joe E. Marks Costume Shop Proprietor
Rudy Vallee Voice Only
Technical Credits
William Friedkin Director
Lee Adams Score Composer
Danny D. Daniels Choreography
Jean Eckart Production Designer
William Eckart Production Designer
John Godfrey Set Decoration/Design
Burtt Harris Asst. Director
Anna Hill Johnstone Costumes/Costume Designer
George Justin Associate Producer
Philip J. Lang Musical Arrangement, Musical Direction/Supervision
Andrew Laszlo Cinematographer
John Robert Lloyd Art Director
Sidney Michaels Screenwriter
Norman Lear Producer, Screenwriter
Ralph Rosenblum Editor
Arnold Schulman Screenwriter
Charles Strouse Score Composer
Bud Yorkin Producer
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Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Night They Raided Minsky's
1. New York, 1925 [5:16]
2. Main Titles [3:13]
3. Negative Press [5:06]
4. Potential Investor [2:50]
5. They Jiggle! [4:42]
6. Perfect Gentleman [3:08]
7. Falsies [3:16]
8. Ray's Scheme [2:51]
9. Bonus Book [4:42]
10. Bible Dance [5:01]
11. Fast Talker [2:31]
12. Looking For a Girl [4:54]
13. The Prop Shop [2:36]
14. Best Moment [4:22]
15. Payback [6:30]
16. A Sign From God [6:49]
17. The Midnight Show [5:01]
18. She's Gone [3:46]
19. Trim's Club [3:04]
20. Know Your Fingers [2:12]
21. What a Night [6:13]
22. Rachel's Strip Tease [6:39]
23. Raid on Minsky's [2:34]
24. End Titles [1:35]
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Disc #1 -- Night They Raided Minsky's
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      Audio: English Mono
      Audio: English Stereo
      Audio: Spanish Mono
      Subtitles: English
      Subtitles: Spanish
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