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22/03/1957 Western 1h 32m
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The real story… really told for the first time!

Overview

Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.

  1. Nicholas Ray

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Wagner

    Jesse James

  2. Jeffrey Hunter

    Frank James

  3. Hope Lange

    Zee James

  4. Agnes Moorehead

    Mrs. Samuel

  5. Alan Hale Jr.

    Cole Younger

  6. Alan Baxter

    Barney Remington

  7. John Carradine

    Rev. Jethro Bailey

  8. Rachel Stephens

    Anne James

  9. Barney Phillips

    Dr. Samuel

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Reviews

A review by tmdb76622195
Written by tmdb76622195 on 2023-09-27
Director Nicholas Ray, hot off of "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause," had a bit of contractual obligation to take care of before leaving for Europe, and handed in this short biopic of the infamous American outlaw. Mostly told through overly long flashbacks, all the major points of Frank and Jesse James' lives are touched on. Robert Wagner plays Jesse, and Jeffrey Hunter is well cast as older brother Frank. After being driven to crime by the treatment of Confederate soldiers and sympathizers after the Civil War -according to Walter Newman's script, based on the Nunnally Johnson screenp...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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