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     I Shot Jesse James
1949  NR  WESTERN  1h 21min
CAST— Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, J. Edward Bromberg
MUSIC— Albert Glasser  DIRECTOR— Samuel Fuller

     Moderately entertaining morality tale of sorts set in the old West. Robert Ford, part of Jesse James’ outfit, wants to wed his gal pal. His only means of doing so is to hand in James, dead or alive. Ford thinks that dead is the better option; he shoots James in the back to achieve the desired effect. Though James was the scourge of bankers and lawmen he was a folk hero, a Robin Hood of the old West. Thus, after the death of Jesse James cowfolk spurn Ford, naming him a coward. Though generally slow-moving the film may be of interest to history buffs, if only for its glaring inaccuracies.
OUR RATING— ** ½