The True Story of Jesse James

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.

• Walter NewmanScreenplay
• Nicholas RayDirector
• Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
• Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer

• Robert WagnerJesse James
• Jeffrey HunterFrank James
• Hope LangeZee James
• Agnes MooreheadMrs. Samuel
• Alan Hale Jr.Cole Younger
• Alan BaxterBarney Remington
• John CarradineRev. Jethro Bailey
• Rachel StephensAnne James
• Barney PhillipsDr. Samuel
• Biff ElliotJim Younger
• Frank OvertonMaj. Rufus Cobb
• Barry AtwaterAttorney Walker