The True Story of Jesse James
“The real story… really told for the first time!”
1957 · 1 h 32 min
Nicholas RayCast
Robert Wagner 
Jeffrey Hunter 
Hope Lange 
Agnes Moorehead 
Alan Hale Jr. 
Alan Baxter
Credits
Written by: Walter Newman
Plot
Having fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, Jesse and Frank James become outlaws and rob banks.
Sinekatalog’s take
Nicholas Ray's western, with Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter, is handsome and psychologically interesting, though uneven.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (1,901 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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