1. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Corndog Chats
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Directed by Fritz Lang Written by Sam Hellman Jesse James, from 1939, was a bit of western “comfort food”, as my friend Chuck may say. It was the first film of the marathon to utilize c…
2. The Return of Frank James - Variety
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Jesse James, under the sponsorship of 20th Century-Fox, was murdered a year ago by those cowards, the Ford brothers. This season, with vengeance rankling in his breast, Jesse's older brother, Frank, returns to even the score. That he does, in obedience to Sam Hellman's script, but it's pretty slow stuff in the telling. Frank's no cinematic match for Jesse, which appears to be Will Hays' fault more than anyone else's. Rule 16a in the book is that a bad man can't be a hero. Which leaves Hellman in the paradoxical position of having Frank responsible for deaths of three men who never so much as tasted a single slug from his six-shooter. Effort to put wings on Frank is too much. Angelic aspect bogs the plot and instead of flying it can do no better than plod for a slow 92 minutes.
3. The Return of Frank James (Fox, 1940) - Jeff Arnold's West
Apr 30, 2021 · Not everyone liked it. At the time, Variety commented, quite amusingly, “Film suffers from too much rationalization of the necessity for Frank's ...
Jesse James on the screen 3: Frank’s back
4. The Return of Frank James - Movie Review - Alternate Ending
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The Return of Frank James - Movie review by film critic Tim Brayton
5. The Return of Frank James | Rotten Tomatoes
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When Jesse James's murderers are set free, his brother Frank vows revenge and, accompanied by his gang, sets out to track them down. To fund his manhunt, he robs an express office and is subsequently wrongly accused of the clerk's murder, but a newspaper reporter is determined to find out the truth.
6. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
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The legendary outlaw's brother eludes the law to avenge Jesse James's murder.
7. Fritz on Fridays: The Return of Frank James - Midwest Film Journal
Sep 6, 2024 · The Return of Frank James is the worst kind of film from a major artist: It's not bad, it's not good, it's just a film in the mushy middle that will never ...
Fritz on Fridays — Joshua Polanski’s monthly look at the works of Austrian master Fritz Lang — continues with an examination of his 1940 film, “The Return of Frank James.”…
8. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Henry Fonda
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THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES PRODUCED BY KENNETH MACGOWAN/ DARRYL F. ZANUCK DIRECTED BY FRITZ LANG TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas Information from IMDb Plot Summary Frank James sets out to find the men who…
9. The Return of Frank James (1940) directed by Fritz Lang - Letterboxd
Jesse James was always the more famous of the James Brothers, and it ... Sadly the story in the second part needs much too long and so Lost me nearly ...
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
10. The Return of Frank James - David Vining, Author - WordPress.com
Aug 24, 2022 · James is an admitted thief and murderer, the former is lauded and the latter is brushed away. Then there's the whole law and order hypocrisy.
#31 in my ranking of Fritz Lang’s filmography. Freed from any kind of fealty to reality, Fritz Lang’s sequel to Henry King’s original Jesse James is a huge improvement, that is, u…
11. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Fritz Lang - film review
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An in-depth review of the film The Return of Frank James (1940), directed by Fritz Lang.
12. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Combustible Celluloid
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Combustible Celluloid Review - The Return of Frank James (1940), written by Sam Hellman, directed by Fritz Lang, and with Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Meek, Eddie Collins, George Barbier, Russell Hicks, Ernest Whitman, Charles Tannen, Lloyd Corrigan, Victor Kilian, Edward McWade
13. THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES (Fox, 1940) - WEST OF THE RIVER
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A blog about the mythology and history of the American West.
14. The Return of Frank James Reviews - TV Guide
The deaths of both the express clerk and Tannen are accidents and Carradine is finally gunned down by a third party--Cooper. Poor Cooper pays for Fonda's sins ...
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15. INTRODUCING GENE TIERNEY: The Return of Frank James
May 19, 2024 · Gene Tierney made her screen debut in the 20th Century-Fox production of The Return of Frank James (1940) when she was twenty years old.
Gene Tierney in The Return of Frank James, 1940, her screen debut at 20 yrs old, with Henry Fonda, costumes by Travis Banton, Fritz Lang director
16. The Return of Frank James (1940, Fritz Lang) - Deeper Into Movies
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17. The Return of Frank James (1940) - Buddies in the Saddle
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This film begins with Bob Ford shooting Jesse James in the back as he straightens a picture on the wall. After that, all resemblance to hist...
