I Shot Jesse James

1949

Action / Drama / History / Music / Romance / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 66% · 9 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 66% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 2746 2.7K

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Plot summary

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.

Director

Samuel Fuller Photo
Samuel Fuller

Top cast

John Roy Photo
John Roy as Barfly
Robert Malcolm Photo
Robert Malcolm as Marshal Craig
Phillip Pine Photo
Phillip Pine as Man in Saloon
George Morrell Photo
George Morrell as Play Spectator
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by John Chard 7 / 10

This Bob Has No Hope. Sam Fuller's first

This Bob Has No Hope. Sam Fuller's first film direction is a version of what happened to Robert Ford (John Ireland), the man who famously killed his friend - Jesse James (Reed Hadley). Taking up the basic elements of the real life story, Fuller keeps the narrative tight whilst ensuring the complexities of the main characters come to the fore. All the quirks and peccadilloes of the human condition are explored (the detail of Ford's torments and troubles superbly told), which is something of a rarity for a late 1940s "B" standard Western. The use of close-ups are to purposely highlight the psychological discord on show, marking this out as a good pointer to the later work of its maverick director. Ernest Hiller photographs the exteriors out of Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth and support to Ireland comes from Preston Foster, Barbara Britton and J. Edward Bromberg. 7/10
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Reviewed by Matthew-40 8 / 10

Great debut from Fuller, a man who loves messing with the audience

*Mild Spoilers Within* This film is an interesting character study of Robert Ford (Ireland), the man who shot Jesse James. After shooting his best friend in the back for love, he must live with what he has done. Ireland is great as the remorseful, love-sick Ford. This is a neat first film by Sam Fuller, a newspaper man at heart. And you can definitely tell he likes the newspaper. He shows at least three sequences of headlines of newspapers to fill space in the narrative (the classic "spinning paper"). We can also see early on in his career that Fuller loves to mess with the audience. It's a very entertaining trick. For instance, after Ford has been shot at by the boy trying to become famous, a rider comes along shooting his gun. We think someone else is shooting at Ford. However, the rider is only excited because silver has been found in Colorado. I love how he plays with the audience! Fuller enjoys making you think for a split second that something bad is about to happen and then reveal that he's just joking around. He does this countless times throughout the film. Check this out if you want to see an unconventional western from the 40s. No classic-style here, just the beginning of a great independent director! 8/10
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