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The Return of Frank James
The Return of Frank James

The Return of Frank James

1940 92 min ★ 6.3 Western

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Cast

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

Frank James

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Clem

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

Eleanor Stone

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

Major Rufus Cobb

John Carradine

John Carradine

Bob Ford

J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

George Runyan

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

McCoy

Eddie Collins

Eddie Collins

Station Agent

George Barbier

George Barbier

Judge

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Prosecutor

Details

Director

Fritz Lang

Screenplay

Sam Hellman

Tagline

"Encore triumph from 20th Century-Fox."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

April 4, 2022

★ 6/10

Henry Hull's "Maj. Cobb" steals this rather unremarkable follow up to the previous year's much superior "Jesse James". This time, surviving brother Frank (Henry Fonda) hears that assassins Bob (John Carradine) and Charlie Ford (Charles Tannen) have been convicted of his brother's murder - but that they have been pardoned. He sets off to avenge this travesty but along the way finds himself and the ...

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