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The Night They Raided Minsky’s

film by Friedkin [1968]

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career of Lahr

  • scene from The Wizard of Oz
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    …died in 1967 while filming The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), in which he played a burlesque veteran.

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discussed in biography

  • William Friedkin
    In William Friedkin

    Equally ambitious was The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), a lively comedy about an innocent Amish girl who becomes a burlesque dancer in 1920s New York City. Friedkin earned generally positive reviews for The Boys in the Band (1970), a controversial drama that presented a frank look at…

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role of Robards

  • Jason Robards in Julia
    In Jason Robards

    …the West (1968), William Friedkin’s The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968), and Sam Peckinpah’s The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970). Robards later earned two consecutive Academy Awards for his subtle, well-modulated performances as The Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men (1976) and

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