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Feature film — 1957

The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

6.31h 32mWestern

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

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Cast & crew

Robert Wagner as Jesse James

Robert Wagner

Jesse James

Jeffrey Hunter as Frank James

Jeffrey Hunter

Frank James

Hope Lange as Zee James

Hope Lange

Zee James

Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Samuel

Agnes Moorehead

Mrs. Samuel

Alan Hale Jr. as Cole Younger

Alan Hale Jr.

Cole Younger

Alan Baxter as Barney Remington

Alan Baxter

Barney Remington

John Carradine as Rev. Jethro Bailey

John Carradine

Rev. Jethro Bailey

Rachel Stephens as Anne James

Rachel Stephens

Anne James

Barney Phillips as Dr. Samuel

Barney Phillips

Dr. Samuel

Biff Elliot as Jim Younger

Biff Elliot

Jim Younger

Frank Overton as Maj. Rufus Cobb

Frank Overton

Maj. Rufus Cobb

Barry Atwater as Attorney Walker

Barry Atwater

Attorney Walker

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