I Shot Jesse James (1949)

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  • I SHOT JESSE JAMES


    DIRECTED BY SAMUEL FULLER
    LIPPERT PICTURES
    SCREEN GUILD PRODUCTIONS



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    While the law hunts him, Jesse James lives quietly in a rented house
    on the corner of Lafayette and Twenty-first street in St. Joseph, Missouri,
    under the alias of Tom Howard.
    His wife Zee begs him to end his association with the Ford brothers.
    Before they can leave on a "last" bank holdup, Bob learns that his childhood sweetheart,
    Cynthy Waters, now an actress, is in St. Joe and he brushes aside all caution to see her.
    Cynthy is beginning to realize that she is a liability to her manager, Harry Kane,
    because she will not leave Missouri.
    Meanwhile, John Kelley has come into her life.
    She pleads with Bob to turn honest.
    Cynthy tries to get a pardon for Bob, but the best offer she can get
    is for a 20-year stretch in prison.
    Then, the Governor offers amnesty and a $10,000 reward to any member
    of the James gang betraying Jesse.
    When his chance comes (April 3, 1882)Bob shoots Jesse in the back.
    He gets the amnesty but the reward is cut to $500.
    He also loses the love and respect of Cynthy,...
    Written by Les Adams


    Cast
    Preston Foster ... Kelley
    Barbara Britton ... Cynthy
    John Ireland ... Bob Ford
    Reed Hadley ... Jesse James
    J. Edward Bromberg ... Kane
    Victor Kilian ... Soapy
    Tom Tyler ... Frank James
    Tommy Noonan ... Charles Ford (as Tom Noonan)
    Eddie Dunn ... Joe
    Margia Dean ... Saloon Singer
    Byron Foulger ... Silver King Room Clerk
    Jeni Le Gon ... Veronica
    Barbara Woodell ... Mrs. Zee James
    Phillip Pine ... Man in Saloon (as Phil Pine)
    Robin Short ... Troubadour
    and many more...


    Directed
    Samuel Fuller


    Writing Credits
    Samuel Fuller ... (written by)
    Homer Croy ... (article)
    Robert Gardner ... (uncredited)


    Produced
    Carl K. Hittleman ... producer
    Robert L. Lippert ... executive producer


    Music
    Albert Glasser


    Cinematography
    Ernest Miller


    Trivia
    Shot in ten days.


    Director Samuel Fuller said that he wanted to make this picture because,
    unlike many filmmakers in Hollywood, he did not see the real Jesse James
    as a "folk hero" or someone to be admired.
    Fuller saw him as a cold-blooded psychopath who shot down women,
    children, the elderly, the helpless (his gang once stopped a Union hospital train
    and executed every wounded federal soldier on it)
    and, in Fuller's words, Bob Ford "did something that should have been done
    quite a bit earlier in the life of Jesse Woodson James".


    The skilled gunman who attracts younger opponents who want to defeat him
    is very commonplace in the world of westerns.
    This movie is said to be the one that started this trend.


    Directorial debut of Samuel Fuller.


    The character played by Robin Short, identified in the cast merely as "Troubadour,
    " is obviously based on the real-life traveling musician Billy Gashade,
    who shortly after Jesse James' death wrote the "Ballad of Jesse James"
    sung by Short in the film and also used as a recurring theme by composer Albert Glasser.


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    When Jesse's wife serves bread at dinner, the bread presented
    has obviously been sliced by a modern bread-slicing machine.
    Bread-slicing machines were not introduced until 1928.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USARepublic Studios - 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (interiors)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • I Shot Jesse James is a 1949 American western film
    directed by Samuel Fuller about the murder of Jesse James
    by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards.


    The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford
    and his eventual killer Edward Kelley (called John in the film) over a woman.
    I Shot Jesse James is Samuel Fuller's first movie, and stars
    Reed Hadley as Jesse James and John Ireland as Bob Ford.


    The film was released on video by the Criterion Collection's Eclipse imprint
    together with The Baron of Arizona and The Steel Helmet.



    User Review


    My name is Robert Ford
    1 December 2009 | by kai ringler (United States)

    Quote from kai

    I think this movie is more about Robert Ford than say Jesse James. John Ireland does a great job as the cowardly Bob Ford.. the James gang just having finished another robbery is on the run hiding out somewhere in Missouri,, Jesse is living under an alias. One thing that this movie presented to me was that the James' somehow are related to the Younger's and the Dalton's interesting fact if its' true. With that price of 10,000 on Jesse's head it becomes almost impossible for Bob Ford to resist it,, he plans on getting a house in the country and marrying his sweetheart Cynthy,, so he figures to cash in on his friend Jesse's head dead or alive,, what he doesn't count on is 2 things,, first being the public outcry of Jesse's death,, also the shrinking of the reward money,, and secondly how Cynthy would react,, he figures she'd be happy so that they could get married and so on.. wrong ,,, she has a conscious, and starts to despise Bob,, and at best pity him. this is a pretty good telling of the story of Jesse getting shot by Bob.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().