Jesse James Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 4746

Average Rating: 2.7/4

# of Ratings: 24

Theatrical Release Date: 01/27/1939

Language: English

Genre: Action, Crime

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Henry King

Actors: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Brian Donlevy, Henry Hull

Plot: As the railroads move in, families are forced off their land. The James family is one such casualty and after witnessing their mother's death at the hands of a railroad agent, the brothers become bank and train robbers - and popular heroes to the general public. -- Chris Kavan

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1.5/4

Indyfreak - wrote on 02/11/2018

I generally enjoy westerns, especially about outlaws. But Jesse James, the 1939 megahit starring Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda happens to be a real bore when it's not lionizing hardened criminals as these 'golly gee' type good old boys. Its populist leanings have a nasty undercurrent of the old Antebellum south, complete with a faithful black servant. Perhaps it's unintentional but it leaves a nasty aftertaste.

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