The True Story of Jesse James (1957) (original) (raw)
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Original title
The True Story of Jesse Jamesaka
AKA
- The James Brothers
Year
1957
Running time
92 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Western | Biography. 19th Century
Synopsis
The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's raiders, his career of banditry with his brother Frank and the Younger brothers, and his attempt to lead a peaceful life after the disastrous attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minn.
Critics' reviews
- "Though hardly Nicholas Ray's sturdiest effort, this 1957 'Scope western began as one of his more ambitious conceptions, with an unorthodox narrative structure and deliberately theatrical sets."
- "On celluloid Jesse James has had more lives than a cat, and 'The True Story of Jesse James' suggests it's time screenwriters let him roll over and play dead for real and reel."
- "Ray's pacing builds some good excitement, and as a western alone the film works nicely. But there are deeper things going on, some not entirely and successfully worked out."
- "A fine Western, the only regret being Robert Wagner. Imagining Dean in the central role makes it one of the great might-have-beens."
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