Jesse James Rides Again
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Jesse James Rides Again is a Republic
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

 film serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...

.

Cast

  • Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954-1957 on the television series of the same name.-Early years:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

  • Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling was an American showgirl, model and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades...

     as Ann Bolton. It was during filming of this serial that Linda Stirling met her future husband Sloane Nibley.
  • Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...

     as Frank Lawton
  • John Compton as Steve Lane
  • Tristram Coffin as James Clark
  • Tom London
    Tom London
    Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood...

     as Sam Bolton
  • Holly Bane as Tim
  • Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor. He appeared in 623 films between 1912 and 1966.He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack...

     as Farmer Wilkie

Production

Jesse James Rides Again was budgeted at $149,967 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...

 was $180,497 (a $30,530, or 20.4%, overspend).

It was filmed between 10 January and 5 February 1947. The serial's production number was 1696.

This was one of only four 13-chapter serials to be released by Republic. Three of the four were released in 1947, the only original serials released in that year. The fourth serial of the year was a re-release of the 15-chapter, 1941 serial Jungle Girl
Jungle Girl (serial)
Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs...

. This marked the first time Republic had re-released a serial to add to their first run serial releases.

Stunts

  • Tom Steele
    Tom Steele (stuntman)
    Tom Steele was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.-Early life:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     (doubling Clayton Moore)
  • Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...

     as Frank Lawton/James Clark (doubling Roy Barcroft & Tristram Coffin)

Theatrical

Jesse James Rides Agains official release date is 2 August 1947, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

The serial was re-released on 28 March 1955 between the first runs of Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo is a Republic movie serial. It used a lot of stock footage from the 1941 Republic serial "Jungle Girl". This was the penultimate serial produced by Republic...

 and King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival is a Republic movie serial. It contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial Daredevils of the Red Circle. This was the last serial ever made by Republic and is often considered to be one of the worst produced by that company...

.

Chapter titles

  1. The Black Raiders (20min)
  2. Signal for Action (13min 20s)
  3. The Stacked Deck (13min 20s)
  4. Concealed Evidence (13min 20s)
  5. The Corpse of Jesse James (13min 20s)
  6. The Traitor (13min 20s)
  7. Talk or Die! (13min 20s)
  8. Boomerang (13min 20s)
  9. The Captured Raider (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
  10. The Revealing Torch (13min 20s)
  11. The Spy (13min 20s)
  12. Black Gold (13min 20s)
  13. Deadline at Midnight (13min 20s)

Source:

See also

  • Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James is a 1948 Republic film serial.-Cast:* Clayton Moore as Jesse James AKA John Howard* Steve Darrell as Frank James AKA Bob Carroll* Noel Neill as Judy Powell* George J...

     (1948) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri is a Republic film serial.-Cast:* Keith Richards as Jesse James* Robert Bice as Frank James* Noel Neill as Peg Royer* Roy Barcroft as Ace Marlin* Patricia Knox as Belle Calhoun* Lane Bradford as Monk Tucker...

     (1949) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • List of film serials by year
  • List of film serials by studio

External links

Jesse James Rides Again (1947
1947 in film
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.*November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten".*November 25...

) is a Republic
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

 film serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...

.

Cast

  • Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954-1957 on the television series of the same name.-Early years:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

  • Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling was an American showgirl, model and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades...

     as Ann Bolton. It was during filming of this serial that Linda Stirling met her future husband Sloane Nibley.
  • Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...

     as Frank Lawton
  • John Compton as Steve Lane
  • Tristram Coffin as James Clark
  • Tom London
    Tom London
    Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood...

     as Sam Bolton
  • Holly Bane as Tim
  • Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor. He appeared in 623 films between 1912 and 1966.He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack...

     as Farmer Wilkie

Production

Jesse James Rides Again was budgeted at $149,967 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...

 was $180,497 (a $30,530, or 20.4%, overspend).

It was filmed between 10 January and 5 February 1947. The serial's production number was 1696.

This was one of only four 13-chapter serials to be released by Republic. Three of the four were released in 1947, the only original serials released in that year. The fourth serial of the year was a re-release of the 15-chapter, 1941 serial Jungle Girl
Jungle Girl (serial)
Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs...

. This marked the first time Republic had re-released a serial to add to their first run serial releases.

Stunts

  • Tom Steele
    Tom Steele (stuntman)
    Tom Steele was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.-Early life:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     (doubling Clayton Moore)
  • Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...

     as Frank Lawton/James Clark (doubling Roy Barcroft & Tristram Coffin)

Theatrical

Jesse James Rides Agains official release date is 2 August 1947, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

The serial was re-released on 28 March 1955 between the first runs of Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo is a Republic movie serial. It used a lot of stock footage from the 1941 Republic serial "Jungle Girl". This was the penultimate serial produced by Republic...

 and King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival is a Republic movie serial. It contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial Daredevils of the Red Circle. This was the last serial ever made by Republic and is often considered to be one of the worst produced by that company...

.

Chapter titles

  1. The Black Raiders (20min)
  2. Signal for Action (13min 20s)
  3. The Stacked Deck (13min 20s)
  4. Concealed Evidence (13min 20s)
  5. The Corpse of Jesse James (13min 20s)
  6. The Traitor (13min 20s)
  7. Talk or Die! (13min 20s)
  8. Boomerang (13min 20s)
  9. The Captured Raider (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
  10. The Revealing Torch (13min 20s)
  11. The Spy (13min 20s)
  12. Black Gold (13min 20s)
  13. Deadline at Midnight (13min 20s)

Source:

See also

  • Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James is a 1948 Republic film serial.-Cast:* Clayton Moore as Jesse James AKA John Howard* Steve Darrell as Frank James AKA Bob Carroll* Noel Neill as Judy Powell* George J...

     (1948) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri is a Republic film serial.-Cast:* Keith Richards as Jesse James* Robert Bice as Frank James* Noel Neill as Peg Royer* Roy Barcroft as Ace Marlin* Patricia Knox as Belle Calhoun* Lane Bradford as Monk Tucker...

     (1949) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • List of film serials by year
  • List of film serials by studio

External links

Jesse James Rides Again (1947
1947 in film
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York.*November 24 : The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten".*November 25...

) is a Republic
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1934 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials and B films emphasizing mystery and action....

 film serial
Serial (film)
Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials, Film serials or Chapter plays, were short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a feature film. They were related to pulp magazine serialized fiction...

.

Cast

  • Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore
    Clayton Moore was an American actor best known for playing the fictional western character The Lone Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954-1957 on the television series of the same name.-Early years:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

  • Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling
    Linda Stirling was an American showgirl, model and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades...

     as Ann Bolton. It was during filming of this serial that Linda Stirling met her future husband Sloane Nibley.
  • Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...

     as Frank Lawton
  • John Compton as Steve Lane
  • Tristram Coffin as James Clark
  • Tom London
    Tom London
    Tom London was an American actor who, according to "The Guinness Book of Movie Records," is credited with appearing in the most movies in the history of Hollywood...

     as Sam Bolton
  • Holly Bane as Tim
  • Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Fessenden Cobb was an American actor. He appeared in 623 films between 1912 and 1966.He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack...

     as Farmer Wilkie

Production

Jesse James Rides Again was budgeted at $149,967 although the final negative cost
Negative cost
Negative cost is the cost of actually producing and shooting a film. It does not include such costs as distribution and promotion.Low-budget movies, for example The Blair Witch Project, can have promotional expenses that are much larger than the negative cost.The term comes from the costs up to the...

 was $180,497 (a $30,530, or 20.4%, overspend).

It was filmed between 10 January and 5 February 1947. The serial's production number was 1696.

This was one of only four 13-chapter serials to be released by Republic. Three of the four were released in 1947, the only original serials released in that year. The fourth serial of the year was a re-release of the 15-chapter, 1941 serial Jungle Girl
Jungle Girl (serial)
Jungle Girl is a 15-Chapter Republic Pictures Serial starring Frances Gifford. It was directed by William Witney and John English based on the novel Jungle Girl by Edgar Rice Burroughs...

. This marked the first time Republic had re-released a serial to add to their first run serial releases.

Stunts

  • Tom Steele
    Tom Steele (stuntman)
    Tom Steele was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.-Early life:...

     as Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     (doubling Clayton Moore)
  • Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Van Sickel
    Dale Harris Van Sickel was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years...

     as Frank Lawton/James Clark (doubling Roy Barcroft & Tristram Coffin)

Theatrical

Jesse James Rides Agains official release date is 2 August 1947, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

The serial was re-released on 28 March 1955 between the first runs of Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Panther Girl of the Kongo is a Republic movie serial. It used a lot of stock footage from the 1941 Republic serial "Jungle Girl". This was the penultimate serial produced by Republic...

 and King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival
King of the Carnival is a Republic movie serial. It contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial Daredevils of the Red Circle. This was the last serial ever made by Republic and is often considered to be one of the worst produced by that company...

.

Chapter titles

  1. The Black Raiders (20min)
  2. Signal for Action (13min 20s)
  3. The Stacked Deck (13min 20s)
  4. Concealed Evidence (13min 20s)
  5. The Corpse of Jesse James (13min 20s)
  6. The Traitor (13min 20s)
  7. Talk or Die! (13min 20s)
  8. Boomerang (13min 20s)
  9. The Captured Raider (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
  10. The Revealing Torch (13min 20s)
  11. The Spy (13min 20s)
  12. Black Gold (13min 20s)
  13. Deadline at Midnight (13min 20s)

Source:

See also

  • Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James is a 1948 Republic film serial.-Cast:* Clayton Moore as Jesse James AKA John Howard* Steve Darrell as Frank James AKA Bob Carroll* Noel Neill as Judy Powell* George J...

     (1948) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri
    The James Brothers of Missouri is a Republic film serial.-Cast:* Keith Richards as Jesse James* Robert Bice as Frank James* Noel Neill as Peg Royer* Roy Barcroft as Ace Marlin* Patricia Knox as Belle Calhoun* Lane Bradford as Monk Tucker...

     (1949) - later Jesse James
    Jesse James
    Jesse Woodson James was an American outlaw, gang leader, bank robber, train robber, and murderer from the state of Missouri and the most famous member of the James-Younger Gang. He also faked his own death and was known as J.M James. Already a celebrity when he was alive, he became a legendary...

     Serial
  • List of film serials by year
  • List of film serials by studio

External links

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