Alias Jesse James
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“Look who they gave a gun!”
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
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Cast
49 people
Bob Hope
Milford Farnsworth
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
The Cat and the Canary
Rhonda Fleming
Cora Lee Collins
Known for
Spellbound
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Wendell Corey
Jesse James
Known for
Rear Window
Sorry, Wrong Number
Gloria Talbott
Princess Irawanie
Known for
All That Heaven Allows
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
Jim Davis
Frank James
Known for
Dallas
The Day Time Ended
Will Wright
Titus Queasley
Known for
Niagara
They Live by Night
James Garner
Bret Maverick (scenes deleted)
Known for
The Notebook
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Mary Young
'Ma' James
Known for
The Lost Weekend
Mickey Finn
Tough #2 in Dirty Dog Saloon
Known for
Earth vs. the Spider
The Tin Star
Bob Gunderson
James Gang Member
Also in
Gunslinger
Fred Kohler Jr.
James Gang Member
Known for
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Baron of Arizona
Ethan Laidlaw
James Gang Member
Known for
The Sea Wolf
Norman Z. McLeod Director · William Bowers Writer Daniel B. Beauchamps Writer
Worldwide gross $1.9M · United States release March 20, 1959 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Production
Hope Enterprises
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 20, 1959
Theatrical
Austria
December 18, 1959 · Theatrical
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