American Outlaws
[rating:2.5] Although American Outlaws (2001) plays fast and loose with history, whitewashing the James-Younger Gang, it is a lot of fun to watch. Read More...
View ArticleThe True Story of Jesse James
[rating:2.0] Although relatively accurate, The True Story of Jesse James (1957) lacks creative spark. Read More...
View ArticleThe Long Riders
[rating:4.0] There are many movies on Jesse James. This is probably the best. Definitely the most accurate, since it captures the clannish environment and deep resentment against the North in Missouri...
View ArticleThe Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid
[rating:2.5] More of a caper film than a traditional Western, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) is an interesting and enjoyable, if not entirely accurate, look at the James-Younger Gang's...
View ArticleKansas Raiders
[rating:1.5] Silly, inaccurate and boring, weighed down by plodding direction and lame dialogue, Kansas Raiders (1950), a movie about Jesse James riding with William Quantrill during the American Civil...
View ArticleThe James-Younger Gang
Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger had ridden with Confederate guerrillas William Clarke Quantrill and Bloody Bill Anderson along the Kansas-Missouri border during the American Civil War...
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