The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 185 1950s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter NewmanScreenplay
- Nicholas RayDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Leigh HarlineOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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
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Themes
jesse james