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Alias Jesse James is a 1959 American Western comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming. [2] [3] Based on a story by Robert St. Aubrey and Bert Lawrence, the film is about an outlaw who tries to kill an insurance agent who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
Alias Jesse James: Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gloria Talbott. Outlaw T.J. "Jesse" James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth, who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.
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- Comedy, Western
- Norman Z. McLeod
- 1959-03-20
A comedy film starring Bob Hope as a con man who impersonates Jesse James. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more on IMDb.
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For Alias Jesse James (1959), his third venture into Western spoofery after The Paleface (1948), and Son of Paleface (1952), Bob Hope got extra mileage by casting a dozen or so of the most popular TV Western stars of the day in unbilled cameo appearances as the characters from their shows.
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Alias Jesse James is a top-tier comedy for both filmmaker Norman Z. McLeod and actor-comedian Bob Hope. Rated: 4.5/5 Mar 10, 2023 Full Review Matt Brunson Film ...
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- Norman Z. Mcleod
- Comedy
- Bob Hope
Alias Jesse James. 1959 · 1 hr 33 min. TV-PG. Comedy · Western · Romance. ... Jesse James, he must protect his client until he can get his money back.
Jul 15, 2015 · Alias Jesse James (1959) Mark Franklin July 15, 2015 1950s. Bob Hope is Milford Farnsworth, a down-on-his-luck insurance salesman desperate to sell a policy. He meets a man in a bar back East and talks him into taking out a $100,000 in life insurance. What he doesn’t know is that the man is the notorious outlaw, Jesse James (Wendell Corey).