Jesse James (1939)
7/10
pretty good
24 February 2004
I don't know how accurate this film is but i don't care. It stars Tyrone Power as Jesse James and Henry Fonda as Frank James. It stars out with Brian Donlevy cheating farmers out of their land and when he comes to the James home, they fight him off. Donlevy goes into town and gets a warrant and the James brothers become outlaws. Randolph Scott is a lawman who wants to bring James in and he is also in love with Jesse's girl played by Nancy Kelly. As the more banks and trains he robs, the price on his head goes up. Tyrone Power is just OK as Jesse but Henry Fonda does a better job as the laid back Frank James. John Carradine is a member of the James gang who wants to turn Jesse in for a reward. This was followed by a sequel a year later called The Return of Frank James.
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