The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
7.5/10
160 min
2007
en
Action
Biography
Crime
Drama
History
Western
Synopsis
Taking place in Missouri in the early 1880s, the film dramatizes the last seven months in the life of famed outlaw Jesse James, beginning with the Blue Cut train robbery of 1881 and culminating in his assassination at the hands of Robert Ford the following April. In the time between these two fateful events, the young and jealous Ford befriends the increasingly mistrustful outlaw, even as he plots his demise.—Cole Matthews
Cast
Brad Pitt as Jesse James Jeremy Renner as Wood Hite Zooey Deschanel as Dorothy Evans Ted Levine as Sheriff Timberlake
