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The True Story of Jesse James 1957 Directed by Nicholas Ray

The real story… really told for the first time!

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Western
Production Company 20th Century Fox
Release Date 22 March 1957
92 mins
Cast
Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner Jesse James
Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter Frank James
Hope Lange
Hope Lange Zee James
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead Mrs. Samuel
Alan Hale Jr.
Alan Hale Jr. Cole Younger
Alan Baxter
Alan Baxter Barney Remington
John Carradine
John Carradine Rev. Jethro Bailey
Rachel Stephens
Rachel Stephens Anne James
Barney Phillips
Barney Phillips Dr. Samuel
Biff Elliot
Biff Elliot Jim Younger
Frank Overton
Frank Overton Maj. Rufus Cobb
Barry Atwater
Barry Atwater Attorney Walker
Marian Seldes
Marian Seldes Rowena Cobb
Chubby Johnson
Chubby Johnson Arkew
Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin Charley Ford
Carl Thayler
Carl Thayler Robby Ford
John Doucette
John Doucette Sheriff Hillstrom
Anthony Ray
Anthony Ray Bob Younger
Jason Johnson
Jason Johnson Marcus Grundy
Joe Di Reda
Joe Di Reda Bill Ryan
Clegg Hoyt
Clegg Hoyt Tucker
Sumner Williams
Sumner Williams Bill Stiles (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray
Writers
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Johnson
Walter Newman
Walter Newman
Composer
Leigh Harline
Leigh Harline
Editor
Robert L. Simpson
Robert L. Simpson