The True Story of Jesse James

“The real story… really told for the first time!”

6.3(49)19571h 32m

Western

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.

Director

Nicholas Ray

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Cast

Robert Wagner

Jesse James

Jeffrey Hunter

Frank James

Hope Lange

Zee James

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Samuel

Alan Hale Jr.

Cole Younger

Alan Baxter

Barney Remington

John Carradine

Rev. Jethro Bailey

Rachel Stephens

Anne James

Barney Phillips

Dr. Samuel

Biff Elliot

Jim Younger

Frank Overton

Maj. Rufus Cobb

Barry Atwater

Attorney Walker

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1 review

tmdb76622195

2y ago

6.0

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 ol...