Jesse James

(1939)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 115 votes

Genres: Western

Year: 1939

Runtime: 106 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Henry King

Cast: Tyrone Power, Генри Фонда, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Henry Hull, Слим Саммервилл, Дж. Эдвард Бромберг, Brian Donlevy, Джон Кэрредин, Дональд Мик

Plot

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Railroad authorities forces farmers to give up their land for the railroad for dirt cheap. Some sell off easily while the ones who resist r dealt with force. The railroad agents tries to force a reluctant old woman into selling, until her sons, Jesse and Frank gets involved. Jesse shoots one of the agent in the hand, in self-defense and later arrest warrants are issued for both the brothers. The agents visits the James brothers' house with warrants and ask them to surrender but even after repeated assurance by Rufus Cobb, an editor, that the brothers are not inside the house and only their sick mother is alone present, the railroad agents throws in fire lamps inside the house to smoke everyone out but unfortunately it causes the death of the old woman. Jesse kills the agents in revenge. This begins Frank and Jesse's career as outlaws.