The True Story of Jesse James

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The True Story of Jesse James


Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Western
Release Year: 1957
Country: USA
Runtime: 92
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Nicholas Ray
Sound: 4-Track Stereo
Taglines:

  • Its a whole new ballgame!


    • Writing by: Nunnally Johnson - (earlier screenplay)
    Walter Newman - (screenplay)

    Produced by: Herbert B. Swope Jr. - producer

    Cast: Robert Wagner - Jesse James
    Jeffrey Hunter - Frank James
    Hope Lange - Zee
    Agnes Moorehead - Mrs. Samuel
    Alan Hale Jr. - Cole Younger (as Alan Hale)
    Alan Baxter - Remington
    John Carradine - Reverend Jethro Bailey
    Rachel Stephens - Anne James
    Barney Phillips - Dr. Samuel
    Biff Elliot - Jim Younger
    Frank Overton - Major Rufus Cobb

    Music: Leigh Harline
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrills raiders...
    Plot: The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrills raiders, his career of banditry with his brother Frank and the Younger brothers, and his attempt to lead a peaceful life after the disastrous attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minn.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    This film is dedicated to all the men and women who were involved in the struggle to organize the Pullman porters.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: After Ricardo is drawing the homeless woman, when hes talking to his girlfriend, his hood goes from on his head to off, to back on, between shots.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • The Hollywood Reporter confirmed at the time, that Patricia Owens and Stuart Whitman had both been cast, neither of whom went on to even appear in the film.
    • Footage from the original 1939 production was used when Frank and Jesse go over a cliff on horseback into a river and when they crashed, on horseback, through a store window during the "Northfield Minnesota Raid."
    • John Carradine plays Rev. Bailey in this re-make . He played Robert Ford in the 1939 original production .



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