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Western koji govori o propasti muškarca koji je zbog ljubavi prema ženi
kukavički izdao i ubio prijatelja, jednog od tada najtraženijeg pljačkaša banaka -Jesse
Jamesa.
Story of Bob Ford, the man who shot Jesse James in the Western koji govori o propasti muškarca koji je zbog ljubavi prema ženi
kukavički izdao i ubio prijatelja, jednog od tada najtraženijeg pljačkaša banaka -Jesse
Jamesa.
Jesse James (Reed Hadley) i njegova banda strah su i trepet svih bankara.
Međutim, Jesse razmišlja o tome da se skrasi i normalno živi sa svojom obitelji. I Bob Ford (John Ireland), član njegove bande kojemu je nedavno spasio život, razmišlja slično
i želi se oženiti svojom ljubavi iz djetinjstva, lijepom lumicom ynthy (Barbara
Britton). U trenutku zaluđenosti on ubija Jesseja metkom u leđa zbog novca i oprosta
kojeg je vlada obećala onome tko dovede Jesse Jamesa, živog ili mrtvog.
No, nakon tog kukavičkog čina Cynthi više ne želi čuti za njega i prihvaća udvaranje
Johna Kellyja (Preston Foster)...
back.
The film debut of writer/director Samuel Fuller, `I Shot Jesse James, is a tightly wound character study of Robert Ford (played here by John Ireland), the man who shot and killed Jesse James. Ford, a member of the infamous James Gang, is Jesses best friend; hes reached a time in his life when he just wants to settle down, get married and have a place of his own. But more than anything, he yearns for the one thing hell never have as a wanted man: freedom. He wants to be able to walk down the street like anybody else and just live his life. Hes in love with an actress, Cynthia Waters (Barbara Britton), who will marry him if he can square himself with the law. She goes to a prosecutor on his behalf, but the best deal they can offer if he turns himself in amounts to twenty years in prison. About this same time there is a public offer from the Governor of complete amnesty to anyone (including James Gang members) who will bring in Jesse, dead or alive. Moved to action by his love for Cynthia, and knowing that no man could take Jesse face to face, Ford shoots him in the back in Jesses own home. Ford gets the freedom he so desperately covets, but the price he pays is far more than he ever bargained for.
This dark, gloomy Western chronicles the shame and self-destruction of Bob Ford, the real-life James Gang member that murdered Jesse James for the reward money. In this fictionalized account, James (Reed Hadley) tends to Ford (John Ireland) after he is wounded during a heist. When Fords longtime love, Cynthy (Barbara Britton), gains a new admirer, he decides that settling down and buying a farm is the only way to win her for himself. He learns that the governor issued a 10,000-dollar reward and amnesty for Jesses murder, and, after some deliberation, shoots his savior in the back when the outlaw turns to straighten a painting. Neither the government nor Cynthy takes kindly to his treachery: Ford is jailed, collects only 500 dollars, and is dumped. He is reduced to re-enacting the infamous murder in a stage show, hearing a traveling minstrel sing about his dirty deed, and running from the would-be gunfighters that hope to kill the man who shot Jesse James. The film follows Fords vai
