participate in their next robbery. They assert that the job will earn them all a large sum of money for very little risk. Jesse nevertheless refuses the Ford brothers' offer, and the brothers exit the house. However, sensing an opportunity to claim the generous reward for Jesse's death, Bob Ford sneaks back inside, and shoots Jesse in the back, thereby killing him. Cast Tyrone Power as Jesse James Henry Fonda as Frank James Nancy Kelly as Zerelda (Zee) Randolph Scott as Will Wright Henry Hull as Major Rufus Cobb Slim Summerville as Jailer J. Edward Bromberg as Mr. Runyan Brian Donlevy as Barshee John Carradine as Bob Ford Donald Meek as McCoy John Russell as Jesse James, Jr. Jane Darwell as Mrs. Samuels, James' mother Charles Tannen as Charles Ford Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Bob Ford Willard Robertson as Clarke Harold Goodwin as Bill Ernest Whitman as Pinkie Eddy Waller as Deputy Paul Burns as Hank Spencer Charters as Minister Arthur Aylesworth as Tom Colson Charles Middleton as Doctor Charles Halton as Heywood George Chandler as Roy Harry Tyler as Farmer Virginia Brissac as Boy's Mother Ed Le Saint as Judge Rankin John Elliott as Judge Mathews Erville Alderson as Old Marshall George Breakston as Farmer Boy Lon Chaney, Jr. as One of James' Gang Tom London as Soldier (uncredited) Lorenza Dow Bone as Bartender (uncredited) Production Much of the filming for Jesse James took place around the town of Pineville, Missouri in McDonald County, Missouri, because at the time the town and surrounding area looked much the same as it would have in the 1880s and 1890s. The town's historic Old McDonald County Courthouse, a National Register of Historic Places site, was featured in the film serving as a stand in for the Liberty, Missouri courthouse. Pineville still celebrates Jesse James Days annually in homage to the film and the movie stars who descended on the small town to make it. In their off time from filming, the films' stars and crew, including Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda and Randolph Scott, would seek out relaxation at the Shadow Lake resort in Noel, Missouri, on the shores of Elk River (Oklahoma). Reception Jesse James was the third highest-grossing film of 1939, behind Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. A sequel, The Return of Frank James, directed by Fritz Lang with Henry Fonda reprising his role as