Though hardly Nicholas Ray's sturdiest effort, this 1957 'Scope western began as one of his more ambitious conceptions, with an unorthodox narrative structure and deliberately theatrical sets.
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10/23/07
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
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Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: After a detour into dramas such as REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, director Nicholas Ray returned to the Western genre with THE TRUE STORY OF JESSE JAMES. Robert Wagner (HART TO HART) starred as the title... [More]
Starring: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Agnes Moorehead
Director: Nicholas Ray
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Top CriticRay is one of the great natural filmmakers, a master of moral ambiguity and jittery mise-en-scene.
10/23/07
Top CriticObviously the pair have a hard act to follow, but they manage it perfectly well, with Hunter particularly good in the brotherly sidekick role.
10/23/07
A fine Western, the only regret being Robert Wagner. Imagining Dean in the central role makes it one of the great might-have-beens.
10/23/07
Ray's pacing builds some good excitement, and as a western alone the film works nicely. But there are deeper things going on, some not entirely and successfully worked out.
10/23/07
On celluloid Jesse James has had more lives than a cat, and The True Story of Jesse James suggests it's time screenwriters let him roll over and play dead for real and reel.
10/23/07
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