The Return of Frank James (1940)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Fritz Lang

Guionista:

Sam Hellman (original screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 agosto 1940 (USA)

Género:

Del Oeste

Plot:

Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.

Plot Keywords:

Frank James | Farm | Reporter | Charlie Ford | Revenge

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A good western by the great Fritz Lang

Reparto

Henry Fonda	...	Frank James aka Ben Woodson
Gene Tierney	...	Eleanor Stone
Jackie Cooper	...	Clem aka Tom Grayson
Henry Hull	...	Major Rufus Cobb
John Carradine	...	Bob Ford
J. Edward Bromberg	...	George Runyan
Donald Meek	...	McCoy
Eddie Collins	...	Station agent - at Eldora
George Barbier	...	Judge
Russell Hicks	...	Prosecutor
Ernest Whitman	...	Pinky
Charles Tannen	...	Charlie Ford
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Randolph Stone
Victor Kilian	...	Preacher
Edward McWade	...	Colonel Jackson

También conocida como:

El regreso de Frank James (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
La venganza de Frank James (Spain) [es]

Duración:

92 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #6330)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bishop, California, USA

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

The original treatment had Frank romantically interested in the reporter played by Gene Tierney, but the studio became fearful of a possible lawsuit by Frank's widow and/or son, so it was eliminated from the script.

Citas:

Preacher: Prepare for the vengeance of the Lord! The day of reckoning is mighty close and you'll catch a heapin' fire if you don't get to repentin' and get to it quick! Hellfire is awaitin' ya. Are you ready to meet your Maker?
Frank James: I reckon so.
Preacher: You willing to stand before the judgmency with a chaw of tobacco in your mouth? Lost souls, that's what you are! Black as sin! Black with iniquity! The light of the Lord ain't in any of ya! Do you ever think of salvation? Do you ever think of the kingdom? No! All you ever think of is your bellies... and your corn pone and you chitlins and your corn liquor. Ah, brother, how about a swig of that jug?

Conexiones de Película:

Sigue Jesse James (1939)

A good western by the great Fritz Lang

"The Return of Frank James" has a nice script, beautiful costumes, an accurate photography in gorgeous technicolor. Perhaps a further pair of gun-fights would be desirable: gun-fights in a western movie are like salt in the food. The film has a peculiar interest for cinephiles, since here the great director Fritz Lang confronts himself with the western genre for the first time. I think he makes a good job, even if does not seem completely at his home. Moreover we have the usual Henry Fonda's charisma and... OK... the main reason why I am interested in the movie is the presence of Gene Tierney at the very beginning of her career. I must confess that here her legendary beauty is still a bit unripe... let's say that Venus has just come out of the shell. No fear: within one year or two our eyes will rest on the highest beauty in movie history (in history at all, I dare say).