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The Return of Frank James( 1940)

TV-MAWestern
63%
User
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Encore triumph from 20th Century-Fox.

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Henry Fonda

      Frank James

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      Jackie Cooper

      Clem

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      Gene Tierney

      Eleanor Stone

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      Henry Hull

      Major Rufus Cobb

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      John Carradine

      Bob Ford

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      J. Edward Bromberg

      George Runyan

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      Donald Meek

      McCoy

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      Eddie Collins

      Station Agent

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      George Barbier

      Judge

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      Russell Hicks

      Prosecutor

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      Ernest Whitman

      Pinky

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      Charles Tannen

      Charlie Ford

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      Lloyd Corrigan

      Randolph Stone

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      Victor Kilian

      Preacher

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      Edward McWade

      Colonel Jackson

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      George Chandler

      Roy

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      Irving Bacon

      Bystander

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      Frank Shannon

      Sheriff

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      Barbara Pepper

      Nellie Blane

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      Louis Mason

      Watchman

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      Matthew Beard

      Mose

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      William Pawley

      Actor

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      Frank Sully

      Actor

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      Davison Clark

      Officer

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      Bob Battier

      Frank James in Play (uncredited)

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      A.S. Byron

      Train Engineer (uncredited)

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      Kernan Cripps

      Deputy (uncredited)

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      Rube Dalroy

      Juror (uncredited)

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      Lester Dorr

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Tex Driscoll

      Play Spectator (uncredited)

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      Edmund Elton

      Jury Foreman (uncredited)

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      Budd Fine

      Deputy (uncredited)

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      Almeda Fowler

      Mrs. Edna Stone (uncredited)

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      Slim Gaut

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Sherry Hall

      Court Clerk (uncredited)

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      Shep Houghton

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Kermit Maynard

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Eric Mayne

      Saloon Patron (uncredited)

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      Nelson McDowell

      Confederate Veteran Juror (uncredited)

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      Robert McKenzie

      Old Man on Rocker (uncredited)

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      Lew Meehan

      Bailiff (uncredited)

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      Frank Melton

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Adrian Morris

      Denver Detective (uncredited)

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      James C. Morton

      Liberty Bartender (uncredited)

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      Hattie Noel

      Denver House Chambermaid (uncredited)

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      Lee Phelps

      Denver House Bartender (uncredited)

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      Tex Phelps

      Front-Row Play Spectator (uncredited)

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      Russ Powell

      Juror (uncredited)

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      Allen D. Sewall

      Old Timer (uncredited)

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      Cap Somers

      Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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      Dale Van Sickel

      Reporter (uncredited)

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      Lillian Yarbo

      Eleanor's Maid (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 04 2022
    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 travesty but along the way finds himself and the young "Clem" (Jackie Cooper) involved in a bank robbery that sees his old retainer "Pinky" (Ernest Whitman) set to swing after the watchman is accidentally killed. Determined to avert that he engages "...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • colorado
    • sequel
    • jesse james
    • revenge
    • 19th century
    • preserved film