Poster or still for I Shot Jesse James

Film 1949 1h 21m

I Shot Jesse James

  • biographical film
  • revisionist Western

1949 film by Samuel Fuller

I Shot Jesse James is a 1949 American Western film starring Reed Hadley as Jesse James and John Ireland as Bob Ford. Directed by Samuel Fuller in his debut behind the camera, it portrays the murder of Jesse James by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards. The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford and his eventual killer, Edward O'Kelley, over a woman.

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Released
26 February 1949
Country
United States
Language
English