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Alias Jesse James

  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Movie Type: Comedy Western
  • Themes: Nothing Goes Right, Mistaken Identities
  • Director: John Farrow
  • Main Cast: Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Jay Silverheels, Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Gloria Talbott
  • Release Year: 1959
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 92 minutes

Plot

Bob Hope plays a 19th-century insurance agent whose miserable sales record prompts his boss to send him out West, where he can (supposedly) do little harm. Hope manages to sell a $100,000 life insurance policy--to outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey), one of the worst "risks" in history! In his efforts to get the policy back, Hope finds himself being mistaken for Jesse, which is all part of the outlaw's plan to get Hope killed and thereby collect the policy money himself. But with the help of beauteous Rhonda Fleming (the essentially honest beneficiary to Jesse's policy), Hope gains a reputation as a lightning-fast gunslinger. In the inevitable shoot-out with the James gang, Hope is helped out by several famous Westerners, including Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, James "Maverick" Garner, and even Tonto (Jay Silverheels). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast


Will Wright - Titus Queasley; Mary Young - Ma James; Richard Alexander - Jeremiah Cole; James Arness - Matt Dillon; Oliver Blake - Undertaker; Ward Bond - Maj. Seth Adams; James Burke - Charlie, Bartender; Iron Eyes Cody - Bit part; Gary Cooper - Himself; Bing Crosby - Himself; Gail Davis - Annie Oakley; Mickey Finn - Tough; James Garner - Bret Maverick; J. Anthony Hughes - Dirty Dog Saloonkeeper; I. Stanford Jolley - Conductor; Ethan Laidlaw - Henchman; Jack Lambert - Snake Brice; Lyle Latell - Conductor; Mike Mazurki - Tough; Sid Melton - Fight Fan; Hugh O'Brian - Wyatt Earp; Nestor Paiva - Bixby; Fess Parker - Davy Crockett; Emory Parnell - Sheriff; George E. Stone - Gibson Girl Fan; Glenn Strange - Henchman; Harry Tyler - Elmo, the Station Master; Joseph Vitale - Sam Hiawatha; Mike Ross - Killer

Credit

Bob Hope - Executive Producer; Roland Anderson - Art Director; Jack Bachom - Editor; Daniel D. Beauchamp - Screenwriter; William Bowers - Screenwriter; Marvin J. Coil - Editor; Sam Comer - Set Designer; John Farrow - Director; John P. Fulton - Special Effects; Bertram Granger - Set Designer; Edith Head - Costume Designer; Jack Hope - Producer; Bert Lawrence - Short Story Author; Joseph Lilley - Musical Direction/Supervision; Lionel Lindon - Cinematographer; Norman Z. McLeod - Director; Hal Pereira - Art Director; Daniel McCauley - First Assistant Director; Robert St. Aubrey - Short Story Author; Charles Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer

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Wikipedia: Alias Jesse James
Alias Jesse James
Alias_Jesse_James_poster.jpeg
Alias Jesse James film poster
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Written by Robert St. Aubrey
Bert Lawrence
Starring Bob Hope

Rhonda Fleming
Wendell Corey
James Garner
Fess Parker
Gary Cooper
Roy Rogers
Hugh O'Brien
James Arness
Release date(s) 1959
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
IMDb profile

Alias Jesse James (1959) is a Bob Hope western comedy movie that featured a number of movie and television frontiersmen (James Garner as Bret Maverick, Fess Parker as Davy Crockett, Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp, James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, etc.) in their most readily recognizable outfits for brief cameo appearances. Many of these cameos are seldom seen today 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 theatrical release.


Plot

The outlaw T.J. 'Jesse' James (Wendell Corey) tries to kill insurance agent Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy.

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