Frank & Jesse (1995)

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Boris

Writer:

Robert Boris

Stars:

Rob Lowe, Bill Paxton, Randy Travis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James and other former guerillas who rode with Quantrill and Bill Anderson take the oath of allegiance to the Union. Feeling oppressed by Chicago railroad investors, the James and Younger brothers, Bob and Charlie Ford, Clell Miller and Arch Clements take to robbing banks, trains and coaches, with Pinkerton sworn to bringing them to justice.

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Plot Keywords:

historical event | gunfighter | colt .45 | main character dies | male in bathtub | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Biography | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong western violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Frank e Jesse

Filming Locations:

Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Trimark Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

When the wounded Jesse James falls into the arms of Frank at the fireplace a microphone is visible on the top of the screen.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Referenced in Buttcrack (1998)

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Soundtracks

"The Way He Is"
Music, Lyrics and Performed by Randy Travis

User Reviews

Good Movie, still obvious questions...

I'm a huge fan of the likes of The James, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill, Billy The Kid, and Wyatt Earp. This was a great movie, I really enjoyed it. But I still have questions for authenticity. At the very beginning of the movie, Jesse standing there swearing allegiance to the Union, Jesse & Frank road with Bloody Bill Anderson many years after the end of the Civil War, tried surrendering to Union forces and was shot at. Then we have Arch Clements with his speaking problem, which he did have very authentic...only problem of course is that he died before the Civil War ended. Then I don't recall Bob Younger being deaf, no mention that Zee was his cousin and named after his mother, Cole didn't have to shoot Bob they were both caught along with John Younger after the Minnesota robbery cause they were all three caught alive. And of course they have the wrong Ford killing him at the end. And despite what it depicts, they hardly robbed from the Rock Central Railroad, they only robbed them maybe twice. Most of there jobs were Express Trains.

I don't know why they had to change facts, did having Arch Clements in it make it a better movie, was having Bob deaf a better character. Did his death instead of capture make for a better movie. And why not have the real Ford brother acknowledged, and maybe show his deal with the government. Jesse James life could have made a great movie without all the changes. Don't get me wrong I still loved the movie, just don't feel it was very accurate. I'm sure there are many more flaws, I just can't remember much of them now.