The True Story of Jesse James
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DVD-R Details
- 16:9 (LETTERBOX) ASPECT RATIO
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 21, 2013
- Originally Released: 1957
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
| Starring | Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Wagner, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead & Alan Hale Jr. | |
| Directed by | Nicholas Ray |
Entertainment Reviews:
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36%
Rating: B- --
One of Nicholas Ray's 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.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
3 stars out of 5 -- [S]hot through with moments of passion and visual grandeur.
Total Film
Though hardly Nicholas Ray's sturdiest effort, this 1957 'Scope western began as one of his more ambitious conceptions, with an unorthodox narrative structure and deliberately theatrical sets.
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Chicago Reader
Obviously the pair have a hard act to follow, but they manage it perfectly well, with Hunter particularly good in the brotherly sidekick role.
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Film4
3 stars out of 5 -- [I]t's still a stunningly inventive Western, with an offbeat, folksy feel.
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[T]he result is splendid....[The film] remains an essential part of Ray's oeuvre.
Sight and Sound
On celluloid Jesse James has had more lives than a cat, and The True Story of Jesse James suggests it's time screenwriters let him roll over and play dead for real and reel.
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Variety
Description by OLDIES.com:
An account of the last eighteen years in the life of the notorious bank and train robber, Jesse James, and his brother and partner-in-crime, Frank.
Product Description:
After a detour into dramas such as REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, director Nicholas Ray returned to the Western genre with THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES. Robert Wagner (HART TO HART) starred as the title outlaw in this biopic that explored the man's origins as a criminal. Jeffrey Hunter strayed far from what would be his famous role as Jesus in KING OF KINGS to play fellow lawbreaker Frank James, with Hope Lange and Agnes Moorehead costarring as the most important women in James's life.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 19,913
- UPC: 024543244455
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