The Adventures of Frank and Jesse James [Serial]

• Directors: Fred C. Brannon; Yakima Canutt
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• Genre: Western
• Themes: Prospectors and Land Rights, Going Straight
• Release Year: 1948
• Country: US
• Run Time: 13ch minutes

Plot

Yet another Hollywood whitewash of a gang of legendary lawbreakers, this oater starred future Lone Ranger Clayton Moore and Steven Darrell in a 13 chapter depiction of how the brothers left lives of crime to become law-abiding prospectors. Opposing this sudden change of heart is a gang of villains headed by the mustachioed George J. Lewis. Noel Neill, of Superman fame, provided feminine charms to the proceedings, which were co-directed by genre specialist Fred C. Brannon and legendary stunt expert Yakima Canutt. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Cast

Stanley Andrews - Powell; Lane Bradford - Bill; George Cheseboro - Station agent; James Dale - Nichols; Steven Darrell - Frank James; Sam Flint - Paul Thatcher; I. Stanford Jolley - Ward; Jack Kirk - Stage driver; George Lewis - Rafe Henry; Clayton Moore - Jesse James; Noel Neill - Judy Powell; House Peters, Jr. - Sheriff Towey; Gene Roth - Marshal; Tom Steele - Steele; Dale Van Sickel - Dale; John Crawford - Amos Ramsey

Credit

Fred C. Brannon - Director, Yakima Canutt - Director