The True Story of Jesse James 1957

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Though hardly Nicholas Ray's sturdiest effort, this 1957 'Scope western began as one of his more ambitious conceptions, with an unorthodox narrative structure and deliberately theatrical sets. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Ray is one of the great natural filmmakers, a master of moral ambiguity and jittery mise-en-scene. Read more

Time Out: A fine Western, the only regret being Robert Wagner. Imagining Dean in the central role makes it one of the great might-have-beens. Read more

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Variety Staff, Variety: On celluloid Jesse James has had more lives than a cat, and The True Story of Jesse James suggests it's time screenwriters let him roll over and play dead for real and reel. Read more