The True Story of Jesse James (1957)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.4/10   

Réalisateur:

Nicholas Ray

Writers:

Nunnally Johnson (earlier screenplay)
Walter Newman (screenplay)

Release Date:

février 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Western

Plot:

The last eighteen years in the life of Jesse James, showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's raiders...

Plot Keywords:

Shirtless Male Bondage | Remake | Whipped | Character Name In Title

Avis des utilisateurs:

'As the rewards go higher, your friends grow fewer.'

Ensemble

Robert Wagner	...	Jesse James
Jeffrey Hunter	...	Frank James
Hope Lange	...	Zee
Agnes Moorehead	...	Mrs. Samuel
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Cole Younger (as Alan Hale)
Alan Baxter	...	Remington
John Carradine	...	Reverend Jethro Bailey
Rachel Stephens	...	Anne James
Barney Phillips	...	Dr. Samuel
Biff Elliot	...	Jim Younger
Frank Overton	...	Major Rufus Cobb
Barry Atwater	...	Attorney Walker
Marian Seldes	...	Rowena Cobb
Chubby Johnson	...	Askew
Frank Gorshin	...	Charley Ford
Carl Thayler	...	Robby Ford
John Doucette	...	Sheriff Hillstrom
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Herbert Lytton
Kendall Scott
Robert Adler	...	Sheriff Trump (uncredited)
J. Frederik Albeck	...	Jorgenson (uncredited)
Hy Anzell	...	Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Ray Bennett	...	Jayhawker (uncredited)
Alexander Campbell	...	Judge (uncredited)
Harry Carter	...	Man at Window (uncredited)
Ken Christy	...	Conductor (uncredited)
Ken Clark	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb	...	Bantock (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper	...	Sheriff Yoe (uncredited)
Sally Corner	...	Widow Keevey (uncredited)
Duane Cress	...	Neighbor (uncredited)
Joe Di Reda	...	Bill Eyan (uncredited)
Ray Ferrell	...	Tim, age 6 (uncredited)
Tom Greenway	...	Deputy Leo (uncredited)
Mark Hickman	...	Sam Wells (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt	...	Tucker (uncredited)
Jason Johnson	...	Marcus Grundy (uncredited)
Kellogg Junge Jr.	...	Archie at age 4 (uncredited)
Kay E. Kuter	...	Fleming (uncredited)
Adam Marshal	...	Dick Liddell (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney	...	Squire (uncredited)
Howard Negley	...	Burnside (uncredited)
Tom Pittman	...	Hughie (uncredited)
Anthony Ray	...	Bob Younger (uncredited)
Ruthie Robinson	...	Mary, age 5 (uncredited)
Fay Roope	...	Tom Trope (uncredited)
Michael Ross	...	Mr. Younger (uncredited)
Gene Roth	...	Railroad Engineer (uncredited)
Bing Russell	...	Jayhawker Sergeant (uncredited)
Aaron Saxon	...	Alexander Wiley (uncredited)
Mike Steen	...	Deputy Ed (uncredited)
James Stone	...	Flower (uncredited)
Kelly Thordsen	...	Jayhawker (uncredited)
Paul Weber	...	Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Paul Wexler	...	Jayhawker (uncredited)
Sumner Williams	...	Bill Stiles (uncredited)
Jason Wingreen	...	Peter (uncredited)
Jeane Wood	...	Mrs. Younger (uncredited)
Carleton Young	...	Neighboring Farmer (uncredited)
Louis Zito	...	Clell Miller (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Nicholas Ray

Scénaristes
Nunnally Johnson		(earlier screenplay)
Walter Newman		(screenplay)

Produit par
Herbert B. Swope Jr.	....	producer

Musique originale
Leigh Harline

Image
Joseph MacDonald		(director of photography) (as Joe MacDonald)

Montage
Robert L. Simpson		(as Robert Simpson)

Direction artistique
Addison Hehr
Lyle R. Wheeler

Décorateur de plateau
Stuart A. Reiss
Walter M. Scott

Création des costumes
Mary Wills

Maquillage
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist
Helen Turpin	....	hair stylist

Assistant réalisateur
Joseph E. Rickards	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
Eugene Grossman	....	sound
Harry M. Leonard	....	sound

Effets spéciaux
Ray Kellogg	....	special photographic effects

Cascadeur
Jack N. Young	....	stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire	....	executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
Sam Benson	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Leonard Doss	....	color consultant

Music Department
Lionel Newman	....	conductor
Edward B. Powell	....	orchestrator
Lionel Newman	....	musical director (uncredited)

Divers
Jo Frances James	....	historical data
Rosalind Shaffer	....	historical data

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1957) (France) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Jesse James (USA) (working title)
The James Brothers (UK)
Le brigand bien-aimé (France) [fr]

Durée:

92 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Classification:

USA:Approved (MPAA rating: #18321) | UK:U | West Germany:18 (nf) | Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Behind scenes, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Footage from the original 1939 production was used when Frank and Jesse go over a cliff on horseback into a river and when they crashed, on horseback, through a store window during the "Northfield Minnesota Raid."

Movie Connections:

Features Jesse James (1939)

'As the rewards go higher, your friends grow fewer.'

As an actor, Robert Wagner has shown remarkable staying power, especially when one considers that his success in the cinema was effected almost entirely through his dark, boyish good looks…

In "The True Story of Jesse James", Robert Wagner (Jesse) is proud of his name… His name means something, especially when those Yankee bankers hear it, they start shaking… Jesse James was the shooting spokesman for everyone whose life was quietly desperate… To ones, he was a thief… To others he was already becoming a legend, one that kindles a fire in their hearts…

Jesse has planned the very last robbery perfectly to make enough money to retire on… But in spite that he never struck a bank in Northfield, the Minnesota banks were anxiously waiting for him… So something went wrong…

Mrs. Samuel (Agnes Moorehead) recalls the past… The Yankees came riding down on her farm, and her neighbors dragged her out of the kitchen… Her elder son Frank (Jeffrey Hunter) was fighting for the South… The State of Missouri has taken sides with the North… Any man from this state who joins the South was considered a traitor…

For Zee (Hope Lange), Jesse had a dream for the future… But that night, his neighbors, who were Northern sympathizers, broke his reverie…

All begins when the war has sapped the two brothers and their friends bone-dry… Every bank in the state of Missouri was owned by a Yankee man who hates their hide and wants them to get out… Those banks have got a lot of Northern money rolling in… Jesse wanted one or two robberies to get enough money to leave for his mother, for his sweetheart, for protecting the farm… But then he becomes addicted to the exciting life of robbing banks and trains…

The film—well paced by director Nicholas Ray—was beautifully acted by all its stars…