Jesse James Page #4

Synopsis: The railroads are squeezing farmers off their land. When a railroad agent kills their mother, Frank and Jesse James take up robbing banks and trains. The public regard them as heroes. When Jesse retires his erstwhile friend Robert Ford shoots him in the back to get the reward.
Production: 20th Century Fox Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.1
APPROVED
Year:
1939
106 min
314 Views


I don't cover the whole United States.

- If you give me a description of these men...

- You know as well as I do who it was.

Jesse James. Who else picks on my road?

Who else would have the nerve?

Sure it was, but you don't

have to yell about it. I'm not deaf.

What's that?

Look! It's him!

- Well, you crazy son of a gun.

- How are you, Major?

You're asking to be caught.

They're looking all over the county for you.

How about a cup of coffee?

- The marshal's got 30 men looking for you.

- In all this rain, too. Poor boys.

- It's no joke, Jesse.

- It's all right, honey. I won't stay long.

The way I figure it out, as long as they're

out there, in here's the safest place for me.

- Sit down. Leave the man alone.

- But he's taking chances.

If I could just think of some way

to let you know how wrong you are.

It's no use, honey. It's like I always told you.

I hate the railroads.

And when I hate I have to do something.

That's the stuff.

People ain't hatin' now

like they used to. They're gettin' soft.

I gotta admit that I like a man

that hates good and hard.

It's the lawyers, goldang it,

a-messin' up the whole world.

Ten years ago here in Liberty, we didn't

have no lawyers and we got along fine.

A man killed somebody, somebody killed

him, the marshal shot 'em all. That was it.

But look at it today. Here in Liberty we got

hundreds of lawyers, thousands of 'em.

As far as the eye can see,

nothin' but lawyers.

Uncle Rufe, there are only

two lawyers in Liberty.

Two? Is that all?

Then they run around too much.

Goldang it. I'm gonna write me

an editorial about that.

- Roy!

- Yes, sir.

Take an editorial on lawyers.

- Liars?

- That'll do. We'll begin easy.

Paragraph.

If we are ever to have

law and order in the West,

the first thing we got to do

is take out all the lawyers

and shoot 'em down like dogs.

Paragraph.

They're bound to get you some day, Jesse.

That's why I hate to see you

go out that door.

Because I keep thinking of you

all the time out there in the hills.

Just going on and on to nowhere.

Just trying to keep alive.

And everybody after you,

wanting to kill you to get that money.

And, Jesse, sometimes at night

when it's cold and raining,

I wake up crying,

because in a dream

I saw you lying dead in the mud.

Oh, Jesse, I'm so scared.

You're the only one that it matters to, Zee,

one way or the other,

You're the only one

that means anything to me.

I know it was a fool thing to come here, but...

I never knew how much I did want to see you

until I saw you.

...the dad-blamedest outrage ever...

How are you, Horace Greeley?

Hello, Will.

- I thought you was...

- I was.

- Is Zee inside?

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Nunnally Johnson

Nunnally Hunter Johnson was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures. more…

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