Ich erschoß Jesse James (1949)
11KIch erschoß Jesse James: Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley. Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.
“If you have not seen Samuel Fulleru0026#39;s White Dog, you need to get it quick to see what a great director he was. This is his first film. He wrote and directed this, and his promise shows throughout.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJesse (Reed Hadley) doesnu0026#39;t have the young look that I have come to expect. He almost looks like Abe Lincoln with his beard and mustache.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn Ireland, who received an Oscar nomination for All the Kingu0026#39;s Men the same year as this film, was Bob Ford, whose love for Cynthy Waters (Barbara Britton) caused him to kill Jesse.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOf course, everything goes wrong as people likes Jesse, and he was shunned. He also suffered remorse for killing his friend, but you know the story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was a good tale of the killing of Jesse James, and the aftermath for Ford.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe bar scene with the traveling troubadour (Robin Short) singing about the u0026quot;coward Robert Fordu0026quot; was hilarious.”
