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Alias Jesse James

Alias Jesse James

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 20, 1959

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Comedy, Western

User Score

59%

Original Title

Alias Jesse James

Production Companies

Hope Enterprises, United Artists

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Description

Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.