The True Story of Jesse James (1957) |

1h 32min. // 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.

Directed by: Nicholas Ray

Writing Credits: Walter Newman (screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

Starring: Robert Wagner (as Jesse James), Jeffrey Hunter (as Frank James) and Hope Lange (as Zee James)