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Jesse James is a 1939 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of Jesse James, the outlaw from whom the film derives its name.
- $1.6 million
- Darryl F. Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson
Jesse James: Directed by Henry King, Irving Cummings. With Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott. After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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The brothers escape, but Jesse is badly wounded and taken by a friendly farmer to his cabin in the woods. He arrives to find Zee and his son, and the reunited family plans to begin life anew in California. Before he can set out on his new life, however, Jesse is shot in the back by Bob Ford.
- Henry King
- Tyrone Power
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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Jesse James and his brother Frank swear revenge on the St. Louis Midland Railroad after a company representative kills their mother.
- Western
When a railroad agent kills their mother, Frank and Jesse James take up robbing banks and trains. The public regard them as heroes. When Jesse retires his erstwhile friend Robert Ford shoots him in the back to get the reward.
