Alias Jesse James (1959)The outlaw T.J. 'Jesse' James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy. Director:Norman Z. McLeod |
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Alias Jesse James (1959)The outlaw T.J. 'Jesse' James tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy. Director:Norman Z. McLeod |
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| Bob Hope | ... |
Milford Farnsworth
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| Rhonda Fleming | ... |
Cora Lee Collins
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| Wendell Corey | ... | ||
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Gloria Talbott | ... |
Princess Irawanie
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| Jim Davis | ... | ||
| Will Wright | ... |
Titus Queasley
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Mary Young | ... | |
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Mickey Finn | ... |
Tough #2 in Dirty Dog Saloon
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Bob Gunderson | ... |
James Gang member
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Fred Kohler Jr. | ... |
James Gang member
(as Fred Kohler)
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Ethan Laidlaw | ... |
James Gang member
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Glenn Strange | ... |
James Gang member
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| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gene Autry | ... |
Gene Autry
(scenes deleted)
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| James Garner | ... |
Brett Maverick
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Inept insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a $100,000 policy. When his boss learns the man was Jesse James he sends Milford after him with money to buy back the policy. After a masked Jesse robs Milford of the money, Milford's boss heads out with more money. Jesse learns about it and plans to rob him, have Milford dressed as him get killed in the robbery, and then collect the $100,000. Written by Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
If you don't like bob hope, you might want to pass on this one. It is funny, but it's not as quick as the "Road" movies. Hope plays a life insurance salesman in the old west, who sells a huge policy to Jesse James! Bob is then sent to protect his policy holder and his job. In order to keep jesse safe, Hope risks life and limb by acting and dressing as the real gunslinger would. In his "alias" will Bob steal the trainrobber's girl to boot? Western fans might want to watch the Paleface, or Son of Paleface, before judging Hope on this one though. Basically the same movie made three times. "Alias" does have some cameo appearances from early television and movies i think western fans will find fun. Worth a watch.