About this title: 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 ...
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
Studio: United Artists
Date: 2008-05-20
UPC:883904106814
Description: New. Factory Sealed--Britt Ekland portrays Rachel, a beautiful young Amish woman who leaves her Pennsylvania home and comes to New York City in hopes of becoming a dancer, and ends up doing something quite different: inventing the striptease! Jason Robards gives a wonderful performance as Raymond Paine, the somewhat sleazy star of Minsky's burlesque show, who takes an interest in Rachel's many charms. But his admiration is challenged by Chick Williams (Norman Wisdom), Raymond's comedy partner ... read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
UPC:883904106814
Description: Jason Robards, Jr.; Britt Ekland; Norman Wisdom; Forrest Tucker; Harry Andrews. New. Run time: 97 mins. Language: English. Brand New & Factory Sealed! Ships Same or Next Day via USPS 1st class shipping! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Over a decade of experience in the DVD industry. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: United Artists
Date: 05/20/2008
UPC:883904106814
Description: Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews. New. 1968 Run time: 99. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: Britt Ekland, Jason Robards, Norman Wisdom, Forrest Tucker, Harry Andrews, Joseph Wiseman, Denholm Elliot, Elliott Gould,... Very good in good packaging. 1968 Run time: 100. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: United Artists
Date: 2008-05-20
UPC:883904106814
Description: Good. Excellent customer service. May ship from alternate location depending on your zip code and availability. Satisfaction guaranteed! ! read more
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