Alias Jesse James (1959)

92 min · Komödie, Parodie, Western, Western film, comedy film, screwball comedy film

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Directors

Norman Z. McLeod

Cast

Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gloria Talbott, Jim Davis, Will Wright, Mary Young, Ward Bond, Gail Davis, James Arness, Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Hugh O'Brian, Fess Parker, Jay Silverheels, Joseph Vitale, James Burke, Oliver Blake, Richard Alexander, Nestor Paiva

The story

Milford Farnsworth is a bumbling insurance agent who unknowingly sells a life insurance policy to the outlaw Jesse James. Farnsworth is sent out west to shield the insurance company's investment by "protecting" James. James has his own plan: to have Farnsworth killed while the insurance man is dressed as the outlaw so that James and his soon-to-be "widow", Cora Lee Collins, can collect on the $100,000 insurance policy.

Catalogue themes and tags

Assurance, Bad Luck, Failure, Fun, Guardian Angel, Insurance Salesman, Jesse James, Kriminalfälle, Laughing, Life Insurance, Makel, Protection, Protector, Tollpatsch, Verbrecherin, Wild West, erfolgreich, unverhofftes Glück, Action/Adventure, Western, Screwball comedy, Comedy, Comedy Western

Genres

Komödie, Parodie, Western, Western film, comedy film, screwball comedy film

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