This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.

Johnny Cash
as Frank James

Kris Kristofferson
as Jesse James

Marcia Cross
as Sarah Hite

Gail Youngs
as Anna

David Allan Coe
as Whiskeyhead

Andy Stahl
as Liddil

June Carter Cash
as Mother James

Ed Bruce
as Major Edwards

Darrell Wilkins
as Bob Ford

Meg Gibson
as Zee