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Title: Fictional Garbage
Review: While early film offerings, such as "Jesse James," supported the myth, and even some solid recent films, including "The Long Riders," "The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James" and "The Great Northfield Raid," bent facts to condense the story, "American Outlaws" has to qualify as the biggest piece of trash ever made from the standpoint of passing itself off as a serious Western. Mostly, this garbage allowed its cast of pretty faces the opportunity to play "cowboys" like a group of grade-school youngsters. Being a fan of American history, the West in general and the James-Younger Gang in particular, I remember going to see this film when it came out, and the only reason I didn't walk out was to make sure it was trash from start to finish. If you are looking for a Jesse James collection, try those early films and -- by all means -- purchase "The Assination of Jesse James" when available.
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