I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James

1949 | 1h 21m | Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Robert Ford shoots his friend and mentor, outlaw Jesse James, for love and the reward money to buy a ranch, marry and settle down. Instead, the government denies him the reward, his girlfriend leaves him and he is reduced to a traveling stage show.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Samuel Fuller

CAST

Preston Foster

Barbara Britton

John Ireland

Reed Hadley

J. Edward Bromberg

PRODUCERS

Carl Hittleman

WRITERS

Samuel Fuller

Host Intros

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I Shot Jesse James (1949) -- (Movie Clip) ...But Them Fords!
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Saintly, Lincolnesque Jesse (Reed Hadley) tolerates wife Zee (Barbara Woodell) and her distrust of the Fords, in writer-director Samuel Fuller's first film, I Shot Jesse James, 1949.
I Shot Jesse James (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Open, James Gang Foiled
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Newsy credits and the first-ever bank alarm-bell as Jesse (Reed Hadley) and Bob Ford (John Ireland) do their business in the opening scene from writer-director and former journalist Samuel Fuller's first film, I Shot Jesee James, 1949.
I Shot Jesse James (1949) -- (Movie Clip) There's My Back
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Terrific tension in an improbably intimate scene as the bathing Jesse (Reed Hadley) gives a gift to Bob Ford (John Ireland), who considers murder for bounty, twice, in writer-director Sam Fuller's I Shot Jesse James, 1949.
I Shot Jesse James (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Tragic Corner
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First-time writer-director Sam Fuller is efficient introducing actress Cynthy (Barbara Britton), manager Harry (J. Edward Bromberg), prospector Kelley (Preston Foster) and their relations with Ford (John Ireland) in I Shot Jesse James, 1949.
I Shot Jesse James (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Bob Ford A Free Man
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Following a display of kindness from Jesse (Reed Hadley) and Zee (Barbara Woodell), Bob Ford (John Ireland) finally pulls the trigger and ex-newsman writer-director Sam Fuller turns to headlines, in I Shot Jesse James, 1949.

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