The Great Missouri Raid
In this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.
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"The story of the James and Younger gang has been filmed often. This lesser-known version is a minor gem. It offers a powerhouse performance by Ward Bond as Major Trowbridge, a vindictive officer whose grudge against the James family and their allies escalated to his going private, obtaining railroad and bank contracts to fund his relentless pursuit of Jesse and Frank. Later in a great scene, his scathing assault on his failing subordinates is a side of Bond rarely seen. Carey and Corey as Jesse and Frank handled their roles smoothly. They had a fine director in Gordon Douglas (Rio Conchos). An..."
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Though the film portrays the Jameses sympathetically, and ends with Bob Ford killing Jesse, because the James brothers were criminals themselves, bank robbers and murderers, Ford committed no crime and the film did not run afoul of the Motion Picture Production Code's edict that crimes must always be punished.
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In this Western, the James and Younger boys ride the outlaw trail again all because of a mean Union Army Major.