Underplayed Gems

I Shot Jesse James (1949)

I Shot Jesse James poster
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Genre
biographical film, revisionist Western
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 61 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Bob Ford shoots his friend Jesse James and then has to live with what he did. He tries to start a new life with a woman he loves, but his past keeps haunting him.

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What happens

I Shot Jesse James is a 1949 American Western film starring Reed Hadley as Jesse James and John Ireland as Bob Ford. Directed by Samuel Fuller in his debut behind the camera, it portrays the murder of Jesse James by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards. The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford and his eventual killer, Edward O'Kelley (called John in the film), over a woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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