The True Story of Jesse James

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.

Cast

Robert Wagner

as Jesse James

Jeffrey Hunter

as Frank James

Hope Lange

as Zee James

Agnes Moorehead

as Mrs. Samuel

Alan Hale Jr.

as Cole Younger

Alan Baxter

as Barney Remington

John Carradine

as Rev. Jethro Bailey

Rachel Stephens

as Anne James

Barney Phillips

as Dr. Samuel

Biff Elliot

as Jim Younger

Reviews

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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...

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