The True Story Of Jesse James | Drama Film | Action | Biography | Free To Watch

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The True Story of Jessie James – Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James’ life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.

The True Story of Jessie James (1957):
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Walter Newman (screenplay), Nunnally Johnson (earlier screenplay)
Stars: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Runtime: 1h 32min
Country: USA
Language: English
Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park – 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Storyline:
The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill’s raiders, his career of banditry with his brother Frank and the Younger brothers, and his attempt to lead a peaceful life after the disastrous attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minn.

Review:
While there is the legend and the truth about Jesse James and his gang, this film, in which the title strongly implies a truthful account, perpetuates the legend of a man who was of the people and who robbed banks that grew rich at their suffering. Is there truth to the legend, then? Google it and find out. The film itself is a solid piece of work from director Nicholas Ray, who, another poster has written, disowned it since the studio forced him to follow a familiar and hokey flashback style. However, even that works out OK, as the film starts with James’s biggest failure, the notorious Northfield Minnesota bank robbery fiasco, which it revisits later on to show how the gang was trapped and picked off by strategically placed sharpshooters. The acting is not that great, a factor that seems to be related to the script, but the story itself moves along and has many good scenes from the flashbacks, especially when Jame’s neighbor whips him with his belt, and when preacher John Carradine baptizes Jesse and girlfriend Hope Lange on the banks of a river. The film includes some interesting “facts” (?) about the Northfield raid, one of which, the Swedish townsperson wanting to buy one of the gang’s horses, made it into Walter Hill’s The Long Riders. And the Ford brothers’ betrayal is very well done and seemed to have been copied in the Brad Pitt film. Frank Gorshin was an excellent choice to play one of the Ford’s. The portrayal of the Fords of hanging around in the background, but present nonetheless, adds a lot for the viewer who knows this story already. As Jesse, Robert Wagner wasn’t great, but definitely up to the task. Jesse James is a legend, no matter what the real truth is about him. Written by RanchoTuVu.

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44 Replies to “The True Story Of Jesse James | Drama Film | Action | Biography | Free To Watch”

  1. Truth is , the law drew first blood, war was over , governments were buying up houses land , if you refused you were shot or burned down, well they shot his family first , so Billy just went after them, the rest you know. But bottom line is the law drew first blood over greed for land. ????

  6. "He [Robert Ford] was ashamed of his persiflage, his boasting, his pretensions of courage and ruthlessness; he was sorry about his cold-bloodedness, his dispassion, his inability to express what he now believed was the case—that he truly regretted killing Jesse, that he missed the man as much as anybody and wished his murder hadn't been necessary. Even as he circulated his saloon, he knew that the smiles disappeared when he passed by. He received so many menacing letters that he could read them without any reaction except curiosity. He kept to his apartment all day, flipping over playing cards, looking at his destiny in every King and Jack. Edward O'Kelly came up from Bachelor at one P.M. on the 8th. He had no grand scheme. No strategy. No agreement with higher authorities. Nothing but a vague longing for glory, and a generalized wish for revenge against Robert Ford. Edward O'Kelly would be ordered to serve a life sentence in the Colorado Penitentiary for second-degree murder. Over seven thousand signatures would eventually be gathered in a petition asking for O'Kelly's release, and in 1902, Governor James B. Ullman would pardon the man. There would be no eulogies for Bob, no photographs of his body would be sold in sundries stores, no people would crowd the streets in the rain to see his funeral cortege, no biographies would be written about him, no children named after him, no one would ever pay twenty-five cents to stand in the rooms he grew up in. The shotgun would ignite, and Ella Mae would scream, but Robert Ford would only lay on the floor and look at the ceiling, the light going out of his eyes before he could find the right words."

    -The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Also a fantastic western, and I highly recommend it

  14. how many know that this AH was only motivated by his gambling addiction? he couldn't win at poker and he couldn't stop. how many died to sustain Jesse's gambling addiction?
    he used to walk the streets of Kansas City, unnoticed where robbery was the main source of employment. Jesse could only shine in a state where there were few good men. and the most prejudiced state in the union, by the way. Against Indians, black people, and you name it. It is still a bad place for an honest man to live.

  19. Jesse James was a back shooter he never once stood man to man. He reminds me of little Doc Holliday he another back shooter Now look at them both dead and rotten all most for getting. This why Jesse give his name of Mr Howard because he new he was a little coward. This the true story of little coward Mr Howard

  22. If I recall correctlyJim.& Cole tried to talk Bob out of going to Northfield with Jess n Frank.Only going along with it because Bob refused to back down.Later,he blamed himself for not listening to them & said had they not stayed with him after their injuries,they would not have been taken.Bob died in prison,Jim commited suicide after losing his sweetheart & being exiled in Minnesota after their parole.John was lost in '74.Cole & Frank lived till 1914 & 1915respectively.I believe Frank's son was in the First WW.I have a cd of music from the time,played on Jim's violin.Its lovely that it was restored.I don't know where it is though.Unfortunatly.Y have they brought imaginary riders into this movie?They were going to use another town but Jess thought he'd been recognized & they moved on to meet their karma.The James Boys,3 Youngers, Bill Chadwell who knew the area,Charlie Pitts…

  27. I remember how this movie was described in TV Guide . After the title the description read " Not really but there's more fact than usual."

  39. After that Minnesota raid Jesse laid low in Nashville for three years then formed another gang. He ran rampant until that so called friend of his did him in the back. This version was bloodless.

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