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Alias Jesse James (1959)
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gloria Talbott
Runtime92 min
RatingNR
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Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in question is the outlaw Jesse James. Milford is sent to buy back the policy, but is robbed by Jesse. And when Jesse learns that Milford's boss is on the way out with more cash, he plans to rob him too and have Milford get killed in the robbery while dressed as Jesse, and collect on the policy.
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Fans of classic Hollywood comedies and Westerns will particularly enjoy this 1959 film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, which stars comedy legend Bob Hope in a hilarious fish-out-of-water story as an insurance salesman caught up in a plot with the infamous outlaw Jesse James.
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Alias Jesse James is a 1959 American Western comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming. Based on a story by Robert St. Aubrey and Bert Lawrence, the film is about an outlaw who tries to kill an insurance agent who has been mistaken for him in order to collect on a big policy. Costumes by Edith Head.
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