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Play Time: 92 mins
Western
The True Story of Jesse James

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.

Status: Released (1957-03-22)
Screen:Walter Newman, Nunnally Johnson
Productions: 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
The True Story of Jesse James
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Director Nicholas Ray, hot off of "Johnny Guitar" and "Rebel Without a Cause," had a bit of contractual obligation to take care of before leaving for Europe, and handed in this short biopic of the infamous American outlaw. Mostly told through overly long flashbacks, all the major poi ....

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