
Feature film — 1957
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
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.
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20th Century Fox
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Director: Nicholas Ray
On screen
Cast & crew

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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