The James Younger Gang on Film
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- DirectorAndrew DominikStarsBrad PittCasey AffleckSam ShepardRobert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
- DirectorRobert BorisStarsRob LoweBill PaxtonRandy TravisWestern starring Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton, based on the lives of Frank and Jesse James. After the Civil War Frank and Jesse return to their family's farm. When their younger brother is murdered they embark on a mission for revenge.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsDavid CarradineStacy KeachDennis QuaidThe origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the Jesse James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsColin FarrellScott CaanAli Larter5 Southern friends return home when the war ends 1865. But Yankee soldiers and Pinkerton are busy helping a railroad baron grab land from farmers along the planned railroad west. The 5 friends fight back.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsHenry FondaGene TierneyJackie CooperFrank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
- StarsChristopher JonesAllen CaseDavid RichardsIn a surprising twist, Jesse and Frank James come across as good guys as they go about their outlaw ways. Jesse is a devilish scoundrel with an eye for the ladies while Frank concerns himself with more practical matters.
- DirectorNicholas RayStarsRobert WagnerJeffrey HunterHope LangeBiopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.
- DirectorHenry KingIrving CummingsStarsTyrone PowerHenry FondaNancy KellyAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsAudie MurphyBrian DonlevyMarguerite ChapmanOutraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join Quantrill's Raiders and find themselves participating in even worse war crimes.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsWendell CoreyMacdonald CareyEllen DrewIn this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsCliff RobertsonRobert DuvallLuke AskewThe gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, Minnesota.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsPreston FosterBarbara BrittonJohn IrelandBob 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.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsFrank LovejoyJames BestAbby DaltonNotorious outlaw Cole Younger is the only witness who can clear Kit Caswell of false murder charges leveled against him by jealous rival Jan Merlin who covets Caswell's girl, Abby Dalton.
- DirectorReginald Le BorgStarsWillard ParkerBarbara PaytonTom NealThe famed outlaw is talked into saddling up for one more bank robbery.
- DirectorFred C. BrannonStarsKeith RichardsRobert BiceNoel NeillThe James Brothers go undercover to help a former member of their gang, who is now running a respectable freight business but is is being attacked by a rival who is trying to drive him out of business. When their former colleague is murdered, the brothers stick around to help his daughter, who is now in charge of the business, and stop the attacks.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsJohn LuptonNarda OnyxCal BolderMaria Frankenstein puts the brain of a monster into the body of one of Jesse James' sidekicks.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisBobby becomes obsessed with Jesse James. Mike and Carol don't approve of his new hero, and try to find a way to convince him that James was nothing but a "mean, dirty killer."
- DirectorWilliam A. GrahamStarsJohnny CashKris KristoffersonMarcia CrossThe various fortunes and misfortunes of the outlaws and bank robbers Frank and Jesse James.