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Jesse James was the third highest-grossing film of 1939, behind Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A sequel, The Return of Frank James, directed by Fritz Lang with Henry Fonda reprising his role as Frank James along with other actors playing the same characters as they had in Jesse James, was released in 1940.
- $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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Twentieth Century Fox's top hit of 1939 was Jesse James, the first true western to be shot in three-color Technicolor.The star was Tyrone Power, who Variety said in its review had been the subject of much speculation around town over whether he could convincingly relate the darker, violent areas of the James character.
- Henry King
- Tyrone Power
Jesse James and his brother Frank swear revenge on the St. Louis Midland Railroad after a company representative kills their mother. The boys begin robbing rail passengers and soon expand their ...
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- Henry King
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- Tyrone Power
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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. The supporting cast includes Henry Hull, John Carradine, Brian Donlevy, Jane Darwell and Lon Chaney, Jr.
Overview. After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge. Henry King. Director. Nunnally Johnson. Screenplay.
