ThiefHott Too much of everything

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

rickdumesnil-55203 simply loved the movie. let me start i absolutely was grateful that the black character PINKY was treated so nice. one of the rare Hollywood movie where the boss didn't boss around and took time to chat. the scene when Jessie ask pinky if the baby is cute....simply breath taking. the scenery the acting especially by power Fonda Scott darwell and hull you cant ask for more. NANCY KELLY was touching but for me she seemed plain and not so pretty. of course i didn't want Jessie to die in the end and his reunion with Jessie Jr. was simply well done and tear jerking. i gave it a 9 and took off 1 point because of the handling of the horses. how cruel. i just MR. POWER was against it but had no choice. good movie though glad i got the DVD....POWER FOREVER.

Rainey Dawn Not an actual biography but a good romanticized fictional account of what happened. That is the way with most Hollywood "biographical" films - just names and places being "real" the stories are usually embellished quite a bit - this film is no different. Nevertheless watching the film from a purely entertainment point of view the film is good it does what it sets out to do - entertain. As a general rule: I don't watch many Westerns - I'm not a huge fan of the genre - but there are a few Westerns that I adore. This particular Western has what it takes to keep me entertained.Now I have to say: I do not condone harming animals for any reason especially for "entertainment" and that does include Hollywood films. I'm just glad the Humane Society is watching more carefully now.7/10

ma-cortes Spectacular as well as exciting Western talks the lives of Jesse and Frank James ; featuring notorious interpretations by a popular group of known stars . This is a slight and intelligent biopic about Jesse James who ranks with Billy the Kid as the most famous of Western outlaws . Legend and folklore have cast him as a Robin Hood , a good boy forced by circumstances to follow a criminal life . The picture provides a good portrait of Jesse and his band , as they move from Civil War to there territory becoming into semi-legends . As showing his home life in Missouri, his experiences with Quantrill's raiders and his career of banditry . As Jesse (Tyrone Power) and Frank (Henry Fonda) along with cousins Cole , Bob and Jim Younger return from War to find their mommy (Jane Darwell) and family threatened by railway people . As Barshee (Brian Donlevy) was hired by the railroad company run by Mc Coy (Donald Meek) to hunt down Jesse and Frank . So James Brothers commence to robbin' banks and trains to help out the poor folks who been done wrong . In the course of their revenge , they will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West . Along the way , Jesse courts attractive young , Zerelda (Nancy Kelly) . As their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James . At the end , he is betrayed by the Ford brothers , Charlie and Bob (John Carradine) . This is a sprawling and glamorous Western with excellent performances from Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda . The film gets spectacular shoot em'up , thrills , exciting horse pursuits . A glimmer Western with a wild bunch look-alike that ends up into a fateful final . Packs colorful scenarios, moving pace and slick edition . This is a decent look about the known story of the West's greatest bandit , Jesse James , along with Frank , Cole Younger and brothers with acceptable performances and compelling direction creating some good action scenes . The picture shows nice as well as spectacular frames , as when both Jesse and Frank going off the cliff on horseback , in reality the stunt was performed once and shot with two cameras. After the two horses that were blindfolded and forced to go over a cliff were killed, a new rule was enforced and later endorsed by The Humane Society of America in which strict standards were created to protect Animal Actors in which at the end of the movie and added to the credits listed as "No Animals Were Harmed or Injured in the Production of this Film" ; now all films involving any Animal Actors must have present a member representing The Humane Society of America to insure that all animals are treated humanly and given a safe environment in which to work. As originally conceived by screen writer Nunnally Johnson along with contributing writers as Curtis Kenyon , Long and Gene Fowler . Taut excitement throughout , beautifully photographed by George Barnes and W. Howard Greene . The motion picture was well realized by Henry King . It was followed by a sequel : ¨The return of Frank James¨ (1950) by Fritz Lang with Henry Fonda . Other films about this legendary outlaw are : ¨I shot Jesse James¨ by Samuel Fuller with John Ireland as Bob Ford ; ¨Jesse James vs the Dalton (1954)¨ by William Castle with John Ireland . ¨The true story of Jesse James¨ (1957) by Nicholas Ray with Robert Wagner , Jeffrey Hunter , Hope Lange , Agnes Moorehead ; in which footage from the original 1939 production was used when Frank and Jesse go over a cliff on horseback into a river and when they crashed , on horseback, through a store window during the "Northfield Minnesota Raid" . And contemporary-style Western such as ¨Frank and Jesse¨ by Robert Boris with Rob Lowe as Jesse James , Bill Paxton as Frank James and Randy Travis as Younger ; ¨American outlaws¨ by Les Mayfield with Colin Farrell , Gabriel Macht , Terry O'Quinn , Harris Yulin and Ali Larter ; and ¨The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford¨ (2007) by Andrew Dominik with Brad Pitt , Sam Shepard , Mary Louise Parker , Casey Affleck and Sam Rockwell. The picture lavishly produced by Darryl F Zanuck was based on actual events , these are the followings : At the war's end in 1865 , Jesse rode in to surrender and was shot and seriously wounded by a Union soldier . Jesse and his brother joined the Confederate guerrillas of Quantrill and learned to kill in ruthless company . It is believed that Jesse took part in his first robbery in 1866 when a dozen men held up the bank in Liberty , Missouri . A bank cashier was killed in the raid and a reward was offered for each of the James brothers . In 1873 Jesse and his band derailed and robbed a train on the Rock Island line . Jesse married his cousin Zerelda , who bore him two children . Pinkerton detectives were contracted to chase Jesse and Frank , the agents surrounded the home , believing they to be there , tossed a bomb and the explosion killed Jesse's young half-brother . This outrage brought much sympathy for the brothers . On 1876 Jesse and Frank in company the three Younger Brothers , attempted a bank robbery at Northfield , Minnnesota , and walked in disaster . The alerted citizens opened fire on the raiders , of the eight bandits involved , three were killed and three Younger brothers were captured .

JLRMovieReviews Tyrone Power is the outlaw Jesse James brought to life in director Henry King's 1939 treatment of the story. This holds nothing back and packs a wallop from beginning to end. We begin with Brian Donlevy going from house to house swindling people out of their property and paying little to no money for it. Apparently, he's a representative of the railroad company, whose new tracks have to go through their property. When they get to Jesse James' mother, played by Jane Darwell, to sign the deed, she shows some sense and flat out won't sign it. A ruckus is started when sons Jesse and Frank order them off their property with a gun and a fistfight. When Brian Donlevy goes to the law and asks to be deputized to arrest Jesse James, they go back after them. But someone has already told them to 'git,' so they ran. It's easy to say these things, I know, but that was their first mistake. From there on, one sees the path that Jesse James and brother Frank get on. Through a series of bad decisions and poor judgment, they rationalize what they do against the railroad company that did wrong by so many of their neighbors, by robbing trains of the passengers' money and encouraging them to sue the company for compensation, because the railroad company is liable for it. They segue to banks and continue their criminal activities. The movie also stars Henry Fonda, as brother Frank James, Randolph Scott as the law, Donald Meek as the railroad president, John Carradine as "the coward" Robert Ford, and Slim Summerville, as a jailer who has a plum role as a jailer who says "them James boys keep their word. When they say they's going to do something, they do it." He was quite good. But despite the whole production and treatment of the story, Henry Hull practically stole the show as the crankiest, sermonizing, over-the-top, over-acting, hammiest newspaperman ever, who's all the time dictating another editorial on lawyers (liars), governors, or you name it. "If we are ever to have law and order in this here area, we have to take out all the (fill in the blank) and shoot 'em down like a dog." Also, Nancy Kelly is memorable and touching as "Zee," who devotedly and almost stubbornly loves Jesse, no matter what. I still can see her in bed distraught over Jesse and having just had a baby. If you want a non-stop, emotional film about the story behind Jesse James, which has no music score throughout the film (I was very impressed by that,) then this is for you. But having said all that, I was a little miffed about the ending speech given by Henry Hull, who says they're not ashamed of Jesse James, because he represented the fighting spirit and gumption of the human race needed in order to overcome wrongs done to you. He did interject they don't have much to say to the fact that Jesse James ultimately became an outlaw. What can family say or do, when a loved one goes down the wrong path, but stay on their side and love them and pray for their salvation? The movie shows what Jesse's original motivations were and also when and where he started to be out of control. And while I know they tried to be fair to Jesse James and to its subject matter and to show him as human, I still feel it glamorizes the outlaw lifestyle, as the film Bonnie and Clyde does. But, I do recommend this film, because it is an example of movie-making at its best. If Henry Hull's speech was made at the end to leave you thinking about who we see as our role models and to question the real credibility of the choice of Jesse James as one, then that's good. His life is here to scrutinize. Decide for yourself.