I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James
Film poster
Directed bySamuel Fuller
Screenplay bySamuel Fuller
Story bySamuel Fuller
Homer Croy
Based onarticles first published in The American Weekly
by Homer Croy
Produced byCarl K. Hittleman
Robert L. Lippert
StarringPreston Foster
Barbara Britton
John Ireland
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byPaul Landres
Music byAlbert Glasser
Production
company
Distributed byScreen Guild Productions Inc.
Release date
  • February 26, 1949 (1949-02-26)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$118,000[1] or $500,000[2]

I Shot Jesse James is a 1949 American Western film starring Reed Hadley as Jesse James and John Ireland as Bob Ford. Directed by Samuel Fuller in his debut behind the camera, it portrays the murder of Jesse James by Robert Ford and Robert Ford's life afterwards. The story is built around a fictional rivalry between Ford and his eventual killer Edward O’Kelley (called John in the film) over a woman.

  1. ^ EZRA GOODMAN (February 28, 1965). "Low-Budget Movies With POW!: Most fans never heard of director Sam Fuller, but to some film buffs he has real class. Low-Budget Movies". The New York Times. p. SM42.
  2. ^ Schallert, E. (December 21, 1948). "Ethel barrymore will play second grandma; foreign deal unusual". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165905835.