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The True Story of Jesse James
UNITED STATES · 1957

The True Story of Jesse James

Nicholas Ray
outlaw gangs civil war aftermath revenge family life folk heroes
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Synopsis

Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse James and his brother Frank 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, and maintains an aura of domesticity, but after a group of lawmen launch an attack on his mother's house, Jesse plans o

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