CinemaOSMovie · 1957 · 1h 32m · NR
The True Story of Jesse James

The real story… really told for the first time!

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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.

Directed byNicholas Ray

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
EN
Released
March 22, 1957
Studios
20th Century Fox

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True Story of Jesse James.1957

True Story of Jesse James.1957

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner

Jesse James

Jeffrey Hunter

Jeffrey Hunter

Frank James

Hope Lange

Hope Lange

Zee James

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Samuel

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Cole Younger

Alan Baxter

Alan Baxter

Barney Remington

John Carradine

John Carradine

Rev. Jethro Bailey

Rachel Stephens

Rachel Stephens

Anne James

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Dr. Samuel

Biff Elliot

Biff Elliot

Jim Younger

Creative team
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray
Written by
Walter Newman
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Johnson

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