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Release Date: 1959
Cast: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, James Arness, Gloria Talbott, Hugh O'Brian, Fess Parker, Rhonda Fleming, Gary Cooper, James Garner, Hugh O'Brien, Bob Gunderson, Glenn Strange ...MORE
Cast: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, James Arness, Gloria Talbott, Hugh O'Brian, Fess Parker, Rhonda Fleming, Gary Cooper, James Garner, Hugh O'Brien, Bob Gunderson, Glenn Strange, Jim Davis, Will Wright, Wendell Corey, Bob Hope, Fred Kohler Jr. ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Comedy, Comedy Western, Western, Action/Adventure, Screwball Comedy
Alias Jesse James (1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A highlight for fans of Westerns of that era happens during the gun fight climax at the end of the movie that features a number of cameos by movie and television personalities (James Garner as Bret Maverick; Fess Parker as Davy Crockett; Gary Cooper as Will Kane from "High Noon"; Roy Rogers; Bing Crosby; Jay Silverheels as Tonto; Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp; James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon; Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams; and Gail Davis as Annie Oakley). Some releases of the movie after its original theatrical release did not... MORE
Alias Jesse James (1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie. A highlight for fans of Westerns of that era happens during the gun fight climax at the end of the movie that features a number of cameos by movie and television personalities (James Garner as Bret Maverick; Fess Parker as Davy Crockett; Gary Cooper as Will Kane from "High Noon"; Roy Rogers; Bing Crosby; Jay Silverheels as Tonto; Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp; James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon; Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams; and Gail Davis as Annie Oakley). Some releases of the movie after its original theatrical release did not include all the cameos due to myriad legal problems with the rights, but Hope's clout at the time was so great that he managed to gather a dazzling array of screen cowboys for the original. The 2007 "MGM Movie Legends" DVD release of the film includes all of the cameos.
Milford Farnsworth (Hope) is a bumbling insurance agent who unknowingly sells a life insurance policy to the outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Farnsworth is sent out West to protect the insurance company's investment by "protecting" James. James has his own plans to have Farnsworth killed while dressed as James, so that he and his LESS
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