Barbara Britton, Gene Evans, J. Edward Bromberg
Story of Bob Ford, the man who shot Jesse James in the back.
DVD Release Date: August 21, 2007
Stats: 60 reviews
I Shot Jesse James deals more with the historically questionable exploits (i.e. the love story) of Robert Ford after killing Jesse James (who didn't come off that scary or legendary) than the lead up to the event itself. The brief relationship (in this movie at least) between Ja...( read more)
the title event takes place in the first twenty minutes and the rest of the film follows robert ford's haunted and hunted life after the fact. this was sam fuller's first film and it's one of his best imo
This film seems to has more in common with your pulp crime novel than your average western. Even the direction seems rather unique to the genre, and maybe has elements of film noir.
Either way it's quite a good watch, and a short one too. I haven't seen much Sam Fuller, but afte...( read more)
Bad-ass, a fascinating movie, a psychological adventure into the mind of Robert Ford, the camera-work is utterly sublime.
It's bizarre watching this movie. The budget and style is that of the B-Movie westerns, but Fuller is defenitely seen in the dark edge to this movie. Act one is a little weak, but the rest of the movie is absolutely fantastic. I can't agree that Ford is described as sympatheti...( read more)
debut of one of the best directors of american cinema. A must see, specially if you think that Brokeback Mountain was the first gay western (this movie is from 1949)
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