Jesse James: American Outlaw (2007)
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Synopsis by Nathan Southern
This compelling History Channel documentary weaves the life story of Western bandit Jesse James. Created in response to Andrew Dominik's 2007 feature The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, the program utilizes a combination of archival photos, illustrations, and contemporary interviews with historians to explore James's crime-ridden life within a nonfiction framework. It then moves into a detailed investigation of the mystery surrounding the bandit's bizarre death at the hands of Ford.
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outlaw [Western]
