The Return of Frank James

Encore triumph from 20th Century-Fox.

6.319401h 32m

Released

Western

Overview

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

StatusReleased

Release Date1940-08-10

Runtime1h 32m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

James Brothers Collection

2 Films

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Film series about the James brothers

Jesse James

1939

The Return of Frank James

1940

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Cast & Crew

Henry Fonda

as Frank James

Jackie Cooper

as Clem

Gene Tierney

as Eleanor Stone

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Apr 4, 2022

6/10

Henry Hull's "Maj. Cobb" steals this rather unremarkable follow up to the previous year's much superior "Jesse James". This time, surviving brother Frank (Henry Fonda) hears that assassins Bob (John Carradine) and Charlie Ford (Charles Tannen) have been convicted of his brother's murder - but that they have been pardoned. He sets off to avenge this…

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