The True Story of Jesse James

"The real story… really told for the first time!"

Mar 1 1957 Approved 1h 32m
Action, Biography, Crime

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.

Plot

The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's 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.

Written by

Walter Newman, Nunnally Johnson

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Cast

Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

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