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Overall Rank: 4775
Average Rating: 2.7/4
# of Ratings: 24
Theatrical Release Date: 01/27/1939
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Brian Donlevy, Henry Hull
Plot: As the railroads move in, families are forced off their land. The James
family is one such casualty and after witnessing their mother's death at
the hands of a railroad agent, the brothers become bank and train robbers
- and popular heroes to the general public. -- Chris Kavan
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Indyfreak - wrote on 02/11/2018
I generally enjoy westerns, especially about outlaws. But Jesse James, the 1939 megahit starring Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda happens to be a real bore when it's not lionizing hardened criminals as these 'golly gee' type good old boys. Its populist leanings have a nasty undercurrent of the old Antebellum south, complete with a faithful black servant. Perhaps it's unintentional but it leaves a nasty aftertaste.
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