Overview:
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.| Status: | Released (1939-01-14) |
|---|---|
| Screen: | Nunnally Johnson, Gene Fowler, Curtis Kenyon |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Italiano, English |
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Casts
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- 4958: Henry Fonda - Frank James
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- 1009: Randolph Scott - Marshall Will Wright
- 40180: Henry Hull - Major Rufus Cobb
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Crews
- 37362: Henry King - Director - Directing
- 8501: Nunnally Johnson - Screenplay - Writing
- 1374561: George Dudley - Art Direction - Art
- 8501: Nunnally Johnson - Associate Producer - Production
- 1355547: Royer - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 8502: Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer - Production
- 10603: Barbara McLean - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Special cast, special movie, just don't expect a history lesson. We are at the time of the Iron Horse birth, the railroads are buying out the farm land at ridiculously low prices, even resorting to bully tactics to get the signature rights. When one particularly nasty railroad age ....
Continue reading ->DanDare
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The film looks good in Technicolor but also becomes increasingly sluggish as it goes on. Nunnally Johnson's screenplay ignores the truth and presents us with the legend. Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and Frank James (Henry Fonda) are just simple country folks. The railroad crooked ag ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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The all conquering railroad marches across the West dispossessing all that get in it's way. When Jesse and Frank James' mother falls foul of land-grabber "Barshee" (Brian Donlevy) the two brothers declare war on the railway. In best Robin Hood tradition, Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda ....
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