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The Return of Frank James
Directed by
Fritz Lang
Not Rated
1940
1h 32m
Action
,
Drama
,
and more
6.6
71%
47%
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Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
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Cast of The Return of Frank James
Henry Fonda
Frank James
Jackie Cooper
Clem
Gene Tierney
Eleanor Stone
Henry Hull
Major Rufus Cobb
John Carradine
Bob Ford
J. Edward Bromberg
George Runyan
Donald Meek
McCoy
Eddie Collins
Station Agent
George Barbier
Judge
Russell Hicks
Prosecutor
Ernest Whitman
Pinky
Charles Tannen
Charlie Ford
Lloyd Corrigan
Randolph Stone
Victor Kilian
Preacher
Edward McWade
Colonel Jackson
George Chandler
Roy
Irving Bacon
Bystander
Frank Shannon
Sheriff
Barbara Pepper
Nellie Blane
Louis Mason
Watchman
Matthew Beard
Mose
William Pawley
Actor
Frank Sully
Actor
Davison Clark
Officer
Bob Battier
Frank James in Play (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Deputy (uncredited)
Rube Dalroy
Juror (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Reporter (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Play Spectator (uncredited)
Edmund Elton
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Budd Fine
Deputy (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
Mrs. Edna Stone (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Reporter (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Nelson McDowell
Confederate Veteran Juror (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Old Man on Rocker (uncredited)
Lew Meehan
Bailiff (uncredited)
Frank Melton
Reporter (uncredited)
Adrian Morris
Denver Detective (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Liberty Bartender (uncredited)
Hattie Noel
Denver House Chambermaid (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Denver House Bartender (uncredited)
Tex Phelps
Front-Row Play Spectator (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Juror (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Old Timer (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Reporter (uncredited)
Lillian Yarbo
Eleanor's Maid (uncredited)
Fritz Lang
Director
Sam Hellman
Writer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
The Return of Frank James Ratings & Reviews
Midwest Film Journal
Joshua Polanski
I did not enjoy watching The Return of Frank James and I suspect you won't either. The colors look good, Fonda's not bad and the courtroom stuff is a great change of pace, but the filmmaking is only competent.
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
As a snapshot of what mindless popcorn cinema looked like in 1940, it's a flattering example, still watchable and breezy even if it's not remotely challenging on any level.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The abstruse stylization of Rancho Notorious is still a decade away, though the frontier is already a severe plain enlivened by intimations of hellfire
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Fine Fritz Lang telling of Frank James (Fonda) in sequel to Jesse James.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Gets by with its remarkable photography (an early attempt at color for Lang), crisp action sequences and breezy storytelling.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
The film is short on action but long on courtroom melodrama, not a good balance for a routine Western.
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