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Nunnally Johnson (earlier screenplay)
Walter Newman (screenplay)
Release Date:
February 1957 (USA) more
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The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's raiders... more | add synopsis
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The truest Jesse. more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Barry Atwater | ... | Attorney Walker |
 | Marian Seldes | ... | Rowena Cobb |
| Chubby Johnson | ... | Askew |
 | Frank Gorshin | ... | Charley Ford |
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Jesse James (USA) (working title)
The James Brothers (UK)
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92 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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USA:Approved (MPAA rating: #18321) | UK:U | West Germany:18 (nf) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
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John Carradine plays Rev. Bailey in this re-make . He played Robert Ford in the 1939 original production . more
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Remake of Jesse James (1939) more
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Nicholas Ray' s objective in this film was to tell the true story of Jesse James, since so many other films were made where facts and characters were changed. He achieved this objective, not only with the facts but with the characters. If I had to choose which actor portrayed Jesse James more like I would imagine him to be in real life, it would be Robert Wagner, not like a hero but as a man looking for glory and who did not think twice before killing. Jeffrey Hunter is excellent as Frank and so is Alan Hale Jr. as Cole Younger. From photos I have seen Hale Jr. and Younger had the same physical type. The film starts at the turning point for the James gang, Northfield, Minnesota and there are many flashbacks to tell the story. There is a good comic moment when both Cole Younger and Jesse act like Robin Hood to an old woman. When Hope Lange(Zee) says that all Jesse wanted was to give a good life to his family, it inspires a lot of thinking.