The True Story of Jesse James
- Released on
- Runtime
- 92 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Robert Wagner
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Hope Lange
- Agnes Moorehead
- Alan Hale Jr.
- Alan Baxter
- John Carradine
- Rachel Stephens
- Barney Phillips
- Biff Elliot
- Frank Overton
- Barry Atwater
- Marian Seldes
- Chubby Johnson
- Frank Gorshin
- Carl Thayler
- John Doucette
- Anthony Ray
- Jason Johnson
- Joe Di Reda
- Clegg Hoyt
- Sumner Williams
Director
- Nicholas Ray
Producers
Screenwriter
- Walter Newman
- Nunnally Johnson
