The True Story of Jesse James (1956)

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Written by Nunnally Johnson, Walter Newman

Directed by Nicholas Ray

Running Time: 90 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1956

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Borrowing widely from Nunally Johnson's script for Henry King's 1939 version of the legend, Nicholas Ray's film stars Robert Wagner as the legendary outlaw, with Jeffrey Hunter as his brother Frank. As he did in Rebel without a Cause, Ray portrays James as a rebel rather than a simple outlaw, driven to a life of crime by Northern sympathisers after the Civil War, as the film follows the last 18 years of his life. Edited for Violence.

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Cast

Robert WagnerJesse James
Jeffrey HunterFrank James
Hope LangeZee
Agnes MooreheadMrs. Samuel
Alan Hale Jr.Cole Younger
Alan BaxterRemington
John CarradineReverend Jethro Bailey
Rachel StephensAnne
Barney PhillipsDr. Samuel
Biff ElliotJim Younger
Frank OvertonMajor Cobb
Barry AtwaterAttorney Walker
Marian SeldesRowena Cobb
Chubby JohnsonAskew
Frank GorshinCharley

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