The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

120 mins | Drama, Action, Western, TV Movie | Feb. 17, 1986

This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

120 mins | Drama, Action, Western, TV Movie | Feb. 17, 1986

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
This movie looks at the last years (not days, as implied in the title) of famous outlaws, Frank and Jesse James. The film opens in 1877 with the brothers trying to settle down after 15 years of thievery. Frank is shown to be a book-loving and family-oriented man, while brother Jesse is a money-hungry womanizer. The movie follows their lives through Jesse's death at the hands of the "rotten little coward" Bob Ford and Frank's death in 1892.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Joseph Cates Productions
Original title The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
Directors William A. Graham
Writers Bill Stratton

Cast

Johnny Cash

as Frank James

Kris Kristofferson

as Jesse James

Marcia Cross

as Sarah Hite

Gail Youngs

as Anna

David Allan Coe

as Whiskeyhead

Andy Stahl

as Liddil

June Carter Cash

as Mother James

Ed Bruce

as Major Edwards

Darrell Wilkins

as Bob Ford

Meg Gibson

as Zee

Cherie Elledge-Grapes

as Martha Bolton

Earl Poole Ball

as Squire Earthman

Jack Barlow

as Uncle George Hite

Willie Nelson

as Gen. Jo Shelby

Mac Bennett

as Clarence Hite

Daniel Butler

as New York Reporter

David Cobb

as Dr. Samuels

Ed Evans

as Gov. Crittendon

Marshall Fallwell Jr.

as Jim Ward

Jeffrey Buckner Ford

as William Pinkerton

Joe Kurtzo

as French Joe Duval

Irv Kane

as John Eulich

William Newman

as Sheriff Timberlake

John Ramsey

as Jake Igelhart