An interesting look into Jesse James, this is almost like comparing him to Robin Hood.
Robert Wagner is wonderful in the title role. Sullen, but with a mean streak and fearful presence, he was memorable in the title role. Jeffrey Hunter, as brother Frank, has those shifty eyes, but wasn't given much to do here. Hope Lange, in the same year that she was an Oscar nominee for Peyton Place, plays his churlish wife. Does she actually think she can get this notorious guy to attend church each Sunday?
Agnes Moorehead is Ma James who bemoans the fact that her sons are basically good boys, but it was the Civil War that made them into what they became. This rather liberal viewpoint is difficult to swallow at any cost.
The film does succeed since by the end who shall have some compassion for the James's family.
Robert Wagner is wonderful in the title role. Sullen, but with a mean streak and fearful presence, he was memorable in the title role. Jeffrey Hunter, as brother Frank, has those shifty eyes, but wasn't given much to do here. Hope Lange, in the same year that she was an Oscar nominee for Peyton Place, plays his churlish wife. Does she actually think she can get this notorious guy to attend church each Sunday?
Agnes Moorehead is Ma James who bemoans the fact that her sons are basically good boys, but it was the Civil War that made them into what they became. This rather liberal viewpoint is difficult to swallow at any cost.
The film does succeed since by the end who shall have some compassion for the James's family.