The Return of Frank James (1940)

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Written by Sam Hellman

Directed by Fritz Lang

Running Time: 95 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1940

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Fritz Lang's first western is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 classic, in which Jesse James was shot in the back by the Ford brothers. His brother Frank, now a law-abiding farmer, is happy for the law to take its course, but when the killers are pardoned, he vows revenge. With his young sidekick Clem and newspaper reporter Eleanor Stone in tow, he tracks the Fords down to a vaudeville show in which they reconstruct Jesse's death. Frank confronts Charlie, who accidentally falls to his death, but when Frank catches up with Bob, the two are prepared for a fight to the finish.

Cast

Image for Henry FondaHenry FondaFrank James aka Ben Woodson
Gene TierneyEleanor Stone
Jack CooperClem aka Tom Grayson
Henry HullMaj. Rufus Cobb
John CarradineBob Ford
J. Edward BrombergGeorge Runyan
Donald MeekMcCoy
Eddie CollinsStation agent at Eldora
George BarbierJudge Ferris
Russell HicksProsecutor
Ernest Whitman'Pinky' Washington
Charles TannenCharlie Ford
Lloyd CorriganRandolph Stone
Victor KilianPreacher
Edward McWadeCol. Fentridge Jackson

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