The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

The real story… really told for the first time!

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.

Date of release
1957-03-22
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (54)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Western
Director
Nicholas Ray

Casting

  • 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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