Film

The True Story of Jesse James

1957 · 1h 32m · Western

The real story… really told for the first time!

IMDb

6.2

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

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.

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

Marian Seldes

Rowena Cobb

Chubby Johnson

Arkew

Frank Gorshin

Charley Ford

Carl Thayler

Robby Ford

• Nicholas RayDirector
• Walter NewmanScreenplay
• Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
• Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
• Robert L. SimpsonEditor

The True Story Of Jesse James ≣ 1957 ≣ TrailerTrue Story of Jesse James.1957

Release date

March 22, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Genres

Western

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