The James brothers lead a gang on a heist and go into hiding while the movie explores their backstory. The True Story of Jesse James is a 1957 American English-language Action Biography motion picture featuring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Hale Jr., Alan Baxter and Danny Truppi. The movie is inspired from a screenplay by Nunnally Johnson. 20th Century Fox was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Herbert B. Swope and Jr. The movie is directed by Nicholas Ray. 20th Century Fox acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. The True Story of Jesse James was released on 21st March 1957 and takes a screen time of 92 minutes. The True Story of Jesse James was made on a budget of $1 million and at the box office it grossed only $1 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Walter Newman. Cinematography was done by Joseph MacDonald and editing by Robert L. Simpson. The music was composed by Leigh Harline.
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The True Story of Jesse James Reviews and Ratings
Average Review Rating : positive
Positive Review Rating : 63%
A fine Western, the only regret being Robert Wagner. Imagining Dean in the central role makes it one of the great might have beens. ( Read More )
Gradually this excitement wears thin and they feel encumbered as it dawns on them theres no leaving the outlaw life. ( Read More )
Dave Kehr
Ray is one of the great natural filmmakers, a master of moral ambiguity and jittery mise en scene. ( Read More )
Emanuel Levy
One of Nicholas Rays weaker films, this mythical Western displays his thematic concern with protagonists that are outsiders but suffers from the performances of pretty boys Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter. ( Read More )
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Though hardly Nicholas Rays sturdiest effort, this 1957 Scope western began as one of his more ambitious conceptions, with an unorthodox narrative structure and deliberately theatrical sets. ( Read More )