The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
The real story… really told for the first time!
92 min
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.
- Release date
- March 22, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Leigh Harline
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Prologue and Main Title4:53
- Jesse9:44
- Doubts9:14
- Headline News and Finale4:38
- Red Rock Crossinginstrumental11:56
- Tragedyinstrumental6:27
- Canyon of Deathinstrumental5:56
- The Last Wagoninstrumental8:52
Cast
- Robert Wagner as Jesse James
- Jeffrey Hunter as Frank James
- Hope Lange as Zee James
- Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Samuel
- Alan Hale Jr. as Cole Younger
- Alan Baxter as Barney Remington
- John Carradine as Rev. Jethro Bailey
- Barney Phillips as Dr. Samuel
- Biff Elliot as Jim Younger
- Frank Overton as Maj. Rufus Cobb
- Barry Atwater as Attorney Walker
- Marian Seldes as Rowena Cobb
- Chubby Johnson as Arkew
- Frank Gorshin as Charley Ford
- John Doucette as Sheriff Hillstrom
- Anthony Ray as Bob Younger
- Jason Johnson as Marcus Grundy
- Joe Di Reda as Bill Ryan
- Clegg Hoyt as Tucker
- Sumner Williams as Bill Stiles (uncredited)
- Rachel Stephens as Anne James
Crew
- Nicholas Ray · Director
- Walter Newman · Writer
- Nunnally Johnson · Writer
- Herbert B. Swope Jr. · Producer
- Leigh Harline · Composer
- Joseph MacDonald · Cinematographer
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor