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I Shot Jesse James (1949)
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26 February 1949 (USA)
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THE THRILLING AND COLORFUL LAST DAYS OF AMERICA'S MOST FABULOUS OUTLAW...POWERFULLY WRITTEN IN GUNSMOKE! (original print ad - all caps) more
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Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust. full summary | add synopsis
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Here's my back.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Preston Foster | ... | John Kelley |
| Barbara Britton | ... | Cynthy Waters |
| John Ireland | ... | Bob Ford |
| Reed Hadley | ... | Jesse James |
| J. Edward Bromberg | ... | Harry Kane |
| Victor Kilian | ... | Soapy |
| Tom Tyler | ... | Frank James |
| Tommy Noonan | ... | Charles Ford (as Tom Noonan) |
| Eddie Dunn | ... | Joe, Silver King Bartender |
 | Margia Dean | ... | Saloon Singer |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Silver King Room Clerk |
| Jeni Le Gon | ... | Veronica, Cynthy's Maid |
| Barbara Woodell | ... | Mrs. Zee James (as Barbara Wooddell) |
| Phillip Pine | ... | Man in Saloon (as Phil Pine) |
| Robin Short | ... | Troubadour |
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81 min
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Directorial debut of Samuel Fuller.
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Continuity: During the final shootout the background lighting on the closeups and master shots of John Ireland do not match.
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Young Gunslinger:
Don't shoot. I'm out of bullets.
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Featured in The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002) (TV)
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The Minstrel Song
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This is Samuel Fuller's first effort;it is a western and it's got something bizarre,something unusual which we find in every work of this director,whatever he films :films noirs ("underworld USA" ),melodramas ("the naked kiss" ) ,thrillers verging on horror ("shock corridor" ) or westerns ("run of the arrow" and "forty guns").
They say that Fuller approved of Robert Ford's attitude.But his movie is not so simple.It seems that Jesse really WANTS to be killed ;we might take the lines "what are you waiting for?here's my back " literally.
Once Robert Ford has taken the plunge ,his fate is sealed;there's no coming back,no hope for the life he dreams of with his gorgeous girl.Anyway,Cynthy's love has turned to despise at worst ,pity at best.
The scene on the stage is some kind of mirror ,where Ford fully realizes what he has done -a scene which contains an unusual inventive use of the flashback-,as is the folk singer who performs his "ballad of Robert Ford": when he sings his last verse ,he may be frightened,but it's Cain's eye all over again.
I do not have to kill you,Jesse's brother says ,you're already dead.