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The True Story of Jesse James
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- How long is The True Story of Jesse James?
- The True Story of Jesse James is 1 hr 32 min long.
- Who directed The True Story of Jesse James?
- Nicholas Ray
- Who is Jesse James in The True Story of Jesse James?
- Robert Wagner plays Jesse James in the film.
- What is The True Story of Jesse James about?
- Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James (Robert Wagner) and his brother Frank (Jeffrey Hunter) dream of a farm life in Missouri. Harassed by Union sympathizers, they assemble a gang of outlaws, robbing trains and becoming folk heroes in the process. Jesse marries his sweetheart, Zee (Hope Lange), and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans one more great raid -- on a Minnesota bank.