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Alias Jesse James (1959)

Alias Jesse James poster
Directed by
Norman Z. McLeod
Genre
comedy film, Western film, screwball comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An outlaw wants to collect a life insurance payout. So he plots to kill an insurance agent who has been mistaken for him.

lightheartedsillyplayfulwhimsicalcomedicmischievousfast-paced

What happens

Alias Jesse James is a 1959 American Western comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming. Based on a story by Robert St. Aubrey and Bert Lawrence, the film is about an outlaw who tries to kill an insurance agent who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy. Costumes by Edith Head. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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