The True Story of Jesse James(1957)
The real story… really told for the first time!
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.
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Jesse James
Frank James
Zee James
Mrs. Samuel
Cole Younger
Barney Remington
Rev. Jethro Bailey
Anne James
Dr. Samuel
Jim Younger
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