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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.Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.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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- TriviaThe studio bought the rights to the James brothers, but changed the facts for entertainment. Although Frank surrendered and stood trial for several robberies without being convicted, he never sought revenge on the Ford brothers. Charlie committed suicide in 1884 and Robert was murdered in Colorado in 1892.
- GoofsFrank mentions watching the sun come up over the mountains in Denver. East of Denver are plains. The mountains are west of Denver. The sun comes up over the plains and sets behind the mountains.
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Frank James: I can't talk without thinking, not being a lawyer.
- Alternate versionsUK versions are cut by 5 seconds to edit horse falls.
- ConnectionsEdited into Buffalo Bill (1944)
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"The Return of Frank James" has a nice script, beautiful costumes, an accurate photography in gorgeous technicolor. Perhaps a further pair of gun-fights would be desirable: gun-fights in a western movie are like salt in the food. The film has a peculiar interest for cinephiles, since here the great director Fritz Lang confronts himself with the western genre for the first time. I think he makes a good job, even if does not seem completely at his home. Moreover we have the usual Henry Fonda's charisma and... OK... the main reason why I am interested in the movie is the presence of Gene Tierney at the very beginning of her career. I must confess that here her legendary beauty is still a bit unripe... let's say that Venus has just come out of the shell. No fear: within one year or two our eyes will rest on the highest beauty in movie history (in history at all, I dare say).
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Return of Frank James (1940) officially released in India in English?
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