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Fritz Lang's first western is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 classic, in which Jesse James was shot in the back by the Ford brothers. His brother Frank, now a law-abiding farmer, is happy for the law to take its course, but when the killers are pardoned, he vows revenge. With his young sidekick Clem and newspaper reporter Eleanor Stone in tow, he tracks the Fords down to a vaudeville show in which they reconstruct Jesse's death. Frank confronts Charlie, who accidentally falls to his death, but when Frank catches up with Bob, the two are prepared for a fight to the finish.

Keywords:

Western, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1940) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Henry Fonda	.... Frank James aka Ben Woodson
Gene Tierney	.... Eleanor Stone
Jack Cooper	.... Clem aka Tom Grayson
Henry Hull	.... Maj. Rufus Cobb
John Carradine	.... Bob Ford
J. Edward Bromberg	.... George Runyan

Supporting Cast:

Donald Meek	.... McCoy
Eddie Collins	.... Station agent at Eldora
George Barbier	.... Judge Ferris
Russell Hicks	.... Prosecutor
Ernest Whitman	.... 'Pinky' Washington
Charles Tannen	.... Charlie Ford
Lloyd Corrigan	.... Randolph Stone
Victor Kilian	.... Preacher
Edward McWade	.... Col. Fentridge Jackson

Directors:

Fritz Lang

Writers:

Sam Hellman