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Alias Jesse James

Play trailer Poster for Alias Jesse James 1959,  1h 32m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 38% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Foolish life insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) commits his biggest blunder yet when he unwittingly offers a six-figure policy to notorious gunslinger Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Furious, his boss orders him to repurchase the policy. James, however, parries Farnsworth's attempts with ease, robbing and humiliating him. But when James' latest scheme pairs the patsy with the bandit's sweetheart, Cora Lee Collins (Rhonda Fleming), Farnsworth and Cora begin falling in love.

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Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Mar 10, 2023
4.5/5
Alias Jesse James is a top-tier comedy for both filmmaker Norman Z. McLeod and actor-comedian Bob Hope. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jul 31, 2021
2.5/4
This latter-day Hope offering doesn't include as many laughs as his earlier hits, although it's far better than the dismal duds he would headline throughout the 1960s. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 18, 2010
B
A funny Western comedy in which Bob Hope plays an insurance agent who encounters the legendary criminal, with many cameos by Paramount's stars. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 20, 2009
C
A typical bumbling cowardly but heroic Bob Hope comedy, that's strictly for his fans who enjoy his pratfalls and the motor mouth's lame one-liners. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Norman Z. McLeod

Director

Bob Hope

Milford Farnsworth

Rhonda Fleming

Cora Lee Collins

Wendell Corey

Jesse James

Jim Davis

Frank James

Gloria Talbott

Princess Irawanie

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Alias Jesse James

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Movie Info

Synopsis Foolish life insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth (Bob Hope) commits his biggest blunder yet when he unwittingly offers a six-figure policy to notorious gunslinger Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Furious, his boss orders him to repurchase the policy. James, however, parries Farnsworth's attempts with ease, robbing and humiliating him. But when James' latest scheme pairs the patsy with the bandit's sweetheart, Cora Lee Collins (Rhonda Fleming), Farnsworth and Cora begin falling in love.
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Producer
Jack Hope
Screenwriter
William Bowers, Daniel D Beauchamp
Production Co
Hope Enterprises
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 32m
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