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The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James
	The Return of Frank James movie cover
Directed by	Fritz Lang
Written by	Sam Hellman
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck; Kenneth Macgowan
Starring	Henry Fonda; Gene Tierney; Jackie Cooper; Henry Hull
Cinematography	George Barnes
Edited by	Walter A. Thompson
Music by	David Buttolph
Production; company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	August 16, 1940;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Return of Frank James is a 1940 Western film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney. It is a sequel to Henry King's 1939 film Jesse James. Written by Sam Hellman, the film loosely follows the life of Frank James following the death of his outlaw brother, Jesse James, at the hands of the Ford brothers. The film is universally considered historically inaccurate, but was a commercial success. It was the first motion picture for the actress Gene Tierney, who plays a reporter for the newspaper The Denver Star.

Plot

After the death of his outlaw brother, Jesse, Frank James seeks revenge on his killers, Bob and Charlie Ford.

Cast

Henry Fonda as Frank James
Gene Tierney as Eleanor Stone
Jackie Cooper as Clem
Henry Hull as Major Rufus Cobb
John Carradine as Bob Ford
J. Edward Bromberg as George Runyan
Donald Meek as McCoy
Eddie Collins as Station Agent
George Barbier as Judge
Russell Hicks as Prosecutor
Ernest Whitman as Pinky
Charles Tannen as Charlie Ford
Lloyd Corrigan as Randolph Stone
Victor Kilian as Preacher
Edward McWade as Colonel Jackson
George Chandler as Roy
Irving Bacon as Bystander
Frank Shannon as Sheriff
Barbara Pepper as Nellie Blane
Louie Mason as Watchman, Wilson
Stymie Beard as Mose
William Pawley and Frank Sully as Actors
Davidson Clark as Officer
Robert McKenzie as Old Man on Rocker (uncredited)
Adrian Morris as Denver Detective (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo as Eleanor's Maid (uncredited)

Production

The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.^[1]

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved The Return of Frank James in 2000.^[2]

References

^ Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780692064726.
^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links

The Return of Frank James at the American Film Institute Catalog
The Return of Frank James at IMDb
The Return of Frank James at the TCM Movie Database
The Return of Frank James at AllMovie

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[1] Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780692064726.

[2] "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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