Jesse James
Motion Pictures' Supreme Epic!
Directed by Henry King
Produced by 20th Century Fox
A classical Western epic that frames outlaw violence as a tragic response to injustice, balancing action and sentiment across a sweeping frontier narrative.
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Essence
Ensemble
Tyrone Power
Jesse Woodson James
Henry Fonda
Frank James
Nancy Kelly
Zerelda "Zee" Cobb
Randolph Scott
Marshall Will Wright
Henry Hull
Maj. Rufus Cobb
Slim Summerville
Jailer
J. Edward Bromberg
George Runyan
Brian Donlevy
Barshee
John Carradine
Bob Ford
Donald Meek
McCoy
Johnny Russell
Jesse James Jr.
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Samuels
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