Jesse James (film)
Jesse James (1939) is a western movie directed by Henry King and starring Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, and Randolph Scott. Written by Nunnally Johnson, the film is loosely based on the life of the notorious outlaw for which the film derives its name. It is "notorious for its historical inaccuracy."
The American Humane Association began to oversee filmmaking after a horse died when it was driven off a cliff on set.
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Famous quotes containing the words jesse and/or james:
“They robbed the Danville train.
And the people they did say, for many miles away,
‘Twas the outlaws Frank and Jesse James.”
—Unknown. Jesse James (l. 6–8)
“When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.”
—William James (1842–1910)