The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

The real story… really told for the first time!

Movie · Western · 1h 32m · Rated 6.3/10 on TMDB · Released March 22, 1957

Overview

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.

Directed by Nicholas Ray

Cast

• Robert Wagner as Jesse James
• Jeffrey Hunter as Frank James
• Hope Lange as Zee James
• Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Samuel
• Alan Hale Jr. as Cole Younger
• Alan Baxter as Barney Remington
• John Carradine as Rev. Jethro Bailey
• Rachel Stephens as Anne James
• Barney Phillips as Dr. Samuel
• Biff Elliot as Jim Younger
• Frank Overton as Maj. Rufus Cobb
• Barry Atwater as Attorney Walker

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