John Ireland never reached stardom. Frank and Jesse James, with their cousins the Youngers, and a couple of other gang members tried to rob a town which shot back. After years of crime reporting, screenwriting, and authoring pulp novels, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford (played by Red River’s John Ireland), who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious John Ireland never reached stardom. I Shot Jesse James ★★★ 1949In his first film, director Fuller breathes characteristically feverish, maddened fire into the story of Bob Ford (Ireland) after he killed the notorious outlaw. Bob Ford murders his best friend Frank and Jesse … Frankly, the movie (1949), wasn't very good at all. When it debuted in New York, in April, it was at the 1,700-seat Palace Theatre, a first-run Broadway house. Directed by Samuel Fuller. John Ireland as Bob Ford, lucky in mining but haunted by his past in I Shot Jesse James (1949) Barbara Britton as Cynthy Walters, not believing Bob’s plans to join her show in I Shot Jesse James (1949) Review: The first directing effort from Samuel Fuller, this is a notch above most of the low-budget B Westerns being made at the time. With Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley. An essential moment in Fuller's unique, America-astabloid-nightmare canon, and one of the best antiwesterns ever made. I Shot Jesse James premiered on February 26, 1949, and quickly rose out of the slums of the B-Western. After his death in a shootout in December 1866, Frank and Jesse James and Cole Younger became the core of the gang. I Shot Jesse James 1949 Full movie online MyFlixer MyFlixer is a Free Movies streaming site with zero ads. Frankly, the movie (1949), wasn't very good at all. Some claimed his politics in the era of the 'red scare' got him into trouble and maybe wasn't so bankable an actor. Gang members were killed in the town's streets; others were wounded and fled. Some claimed his politics in the era of the 'red scare' got him into trouble and maybe wasn't so bankable an actor. We let you watch movies online without having to register or … By 1876, they had become too well-known in Missouri, so they decided to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota. 83m/B VHS, DVD . The raid was a disaster, and everyone in the gang, aside from Frank and Jesse, was either killed or captured. "I shot Jesse James", starred Canadian actor John Ireland portraying Robert Ford, as a member of the James gang. The attempted bank job really did go badly. 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