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Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
Tommy Noonan
- Charles Ford
- (as Tom Noonan)
Barbara Wooddell
- Mrs. Zee James
- (as Barbara Woodell)
Phillip Pine
- Man in Saloon
- (as Phil Pine)
Victor Adamson
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaDirector 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".
- GoofsDuring the final shootout the background lighting on the closeups and master shots of John Ireland do not match.
- Quotes
Bob Ford: Whatta yuh got to eat?
Joe, Silver King Bartender: Sweet corn, cornmeal mush, cornpone with cracklins, and corn whiskey.
Bob Ford: I'll have it.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown as posters hanging on a wall.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gunfighters of the Old West (1992)
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a good work, interesting western, smart story. in fact, more than adaptation of an American modern history episode, it seems be adaptation of Ahasverus myth. because it is portrait of a sin committed with noble intention. and that fact is basic virtue of that drama. it does a simple movie, mixture of love and revenge, who can impress first for its deep roots. it is a a film remarkable for actors performance because the acting is , in this case,precise tool not for present a story but to discover the profound human side of characters. and that fact has a correct result and the force of seduction for large public. it is a good work. and that thing is a real admirable virtue for the manner to expose the story in inspired light. and , for that fact, the merit of John Ireland is not little.
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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