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
Roland Anderson - Art Director, Hal Pereira - Art Director, Edith Head - Costume Designer, Daniel McCauley - First Assistant Director, John Farrow - Director, Norman Z. McLeod - Director, Jack Bachom - Editor, Marvin J. Coil - Editor, Bob Hope - Executive Producer, Joseph Lilley - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lionel Lindon - Cinematographer, Jack Hope - Producer, Sam Comer - Set Designer, Bertram Granger - Set Designer, John P. Fulton - Special Effects, Charles Grenzbach - Sound/Sound Designer, Bert Lawrence - Screen Story, Robert St. Aubrey - Screen Story, Daniel D. Beauchamp - Screenwriter, William Bowers - Screenwriter
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, Ward Bond as Major Seth Adams, 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
Bumbling insurance agent selle life insurance policy to outlaw Jesse James. 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. Agent runs off with Jesses girl.
