The Return of Frank James (1940) on Netflix
Bob and Charlie Ford shot Jesse James, and his brother Frank means to find them. Frank has been farming and looking after Clem, the son of a James gang member.
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Plot summary
Frank James has stayed out of trouble, working a farm and raising Clem, the son of a man who rode with the James gang. Word reaches him that his brother Jesse was shot by Bob and Charlie Ford. Frank had expected the law to deal with the killers; instead he learns that the railroad man he and Jesse had terrorized hired the Fords and helped them go free. Frank takes to the road after them, and Clem refuses to stay behind, so the boy rides with him. To cover their trail, the two tell strangers that Frank James is dead. Eleanor Stone, a reporter for The Denver Star, interviews them for a story.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Return of Frank James (1940)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The Return of Frank James was the first motion picture for Gene Tierney, who plays a reporter for the newspaper The Denver Star.
