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Producer
  
Franklin Adreon

Duration
  

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Crime

Cinematography
  
John MacBurnie

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James movie poster

Director
  
Fred C. BrannonYakima Canutt

Writer
  
Franklin Adreon
,
Basil Dickey
,
Sol Shor

Release date
  
October 30, 1948 (1948-10-30)

Directors
  
Fred C. Brannon, Yakima Canutt

Cast
  
Clayton Moore
(Jesse James, aka John Howard),
Steve Darrell
(Frank James, aka Bob Carroll),
Noel Neill
(Judy Powell),
George J. Lewis
(Rafe Henley),
Stanley Andrews
(Jim Powell [Ch.1]),
John Crawford
(Amos Ramsey)

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Tagline
  
THE FABULOUS JAMES BOYS...Wanted By The Law...Hunted By Outlaws!

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James is a 1948 Republic film serial.

Contents

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James Adventures of Frank and Jesse James Wikipedia

Cast

  • Clayton Moore as Jesse James AKA John Howard
  • Steve Darrell as Frank James AKA Bob Carroll
  • Noel Neill as Judy Powell
  • George J. Lewis as Rafe Henley
  • John Crawford as Amos Ramsey
  • Sam Flint as Paul Thatcher

    • Production

    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James was budgeted at $149,985 although the final negative cost was $149,805 (a $180, or 0.1%, under spend). It was the cheapest Republic serial of 1948, despite having one more chapter than the other two serials.

    It was filmed between 5 April and 26 April 1948. The serial's production number was 1700.

    This was the fourth of only four 13-chapter serials to be released by Republic. The previous three were released in 1947, the only original serials released in that year.

    Theatrical

    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James' official release date is 30 October 1948, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.

    This was followed by a re-release of Darkest Africa, re-titled as King of Jungleland, instead of a new serial. The next new serial, Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc., followed in 1949.

    The serial was re-released on 16 April 1956 between the similar re-releases of Manhunt of Mystery Island and King of the Rocket Men. The last original Republic serial release was King of the Carnival in 1955.

    Stunts

  • Tom Steele as Jesse James (doubling Clayton Moore)
  • Dale Van Sickel as Rafe Henley (doubling George J. Lewis)

    • Special effects

  • Lydecker brothers

    • Chapter titles

    1. Agent of Treachery (20min)
    2. The Hidden Witness (13min 20s)
    3. The Lost Tunnel (13min 20s)
    4. Blades of Death (13min 20s)
    5. Roaring Wheels (13min 20s)
    6. Passage to Danger (13min 20s)
    7. The Secret Code (13min 20s)
    8. Doomed Cargo (13min 20s)
    9. The Eyes of the Law (13min 20s)
    10. The Stolen Body (13min 20s)
    11. Suspicion/The Death Trap (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
    12. Talk or Die! (13min 20s)
    13. Unmasked (13min 20s)

    Source:

    References

    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Adventures of Frank and Jesse James IMDb Adventures of Frank and Jesse James themoviedb.org