I Shot Jesse James (1949)

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

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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