The True Story of Jesse James
“The real story… really told for the first time!”
1957•NR•1h 32m•6.3•Released
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
Writer
Walter Newman, Nunnally Johnson
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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
Marian Seldes
Rowena Cobb
Chubby Johnson
Arkew
Frank Gorshin
Charley Ford
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