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The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 22, 1957

Runtime

1h 32m

Genres

Western

User Score

61%

Original Title

The True Story of Jesse James

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Nicholas Ray

Description

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.