Frank & Jesse (1995)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Robert Boris

Writer (WGA):

Robert Boris (written by)

Release Date:

22 April 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Western

Tagline:

The civil war made them outlaws. The people made them heroes

Plot:

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill...

Plot Keywords:

Jesse James | Historical | Child Murder | 1860s | Train Robbery

Cast

Rob Lowe	...	Jesse James
Bill Paxton	...	Frank James
Randy Travis	...	Cole Younger
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson	...	Annie
Maria Pitillo	...	Zee
Luke Askew	...	Lone Rider
Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Zack Murphy
Alexis Arquette	...	Charlie Ford
Todd Field	...	Bob Younger
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Clell Miller
Nicholas Sadler	...	Arch Clements (as Nick Sadler)
William Atherton	...	Allan Pinkerton
Tom Chick	...	Detective Whitcher
Mary Neff	...	Widow Miller
Richard Maynard	...	John Sheets

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #33187) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Company:

Trimark Pictures

Trivia:

Even though, in the film, Jesse's home is shown as a big two-storey house, the original house is in fact much smaller and was located in town. However, the actual house still stands, but has been moved three times to its current location, next to the Patee House in St. Joseph, Missouri. The final scene with Jesse, the chair and picture is exactly how it happened according to Bob Ford. In the original house, there is still a dent and blood stain on the floor where Jesse fell.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the celebration of Jesse's new house one of the gang members is clearly carrying a modern Pump Action Shotgun. The earliest type of this weapon wasn't made till nearly a decade after James' death.

Quotes:

Frank James: Hell of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most.

Soundtrack:

The Way He Is

Really Good Western Portrayal of Jesse and Frank James

This was the second Jesse James film I ever saw. I first saw American Outlaws and realized that it wasn't very accurate. This is not a great film like Dances With Wolves or Tombstone, but is very good in my book. It shows a lot about what the former confederates had to go through after the war. The movie really shows the darker side of Jesse James and how passionate he was about what he did. Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, and Randy Travis are great. But why do they have to change things like Bob Younger being a mute, their first bank robbery being in 1869 when it was in 1866, the fact that Jesse was shot once in the head and the second shot missed, and Bob Younger being shot by his brother Cole when he was actually captured with Cole after the North Field Raid. I believe that these things could have been changed and made a even better movie. Besides some other little things this is a fine historical movie and one of my personal favorites. If you like it see The Long Riders.