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DrameAnnée1940Durée1h 32mIMDb6.6

Le retour de Frank James

DrameWestern

Frank James continue déviter larrestation afin de se venger des frères Ford pour le meurtre de son frère Jesse.

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Bande-annonce

Casting

Fritz Lang

Director

Henry Fonda

Frank James

Gene Tierney

Eleanor Stone

Jackie Cooper

Clem

Henry Hull

Major Rufus Cobb

John Carradine

Bob Ford

J. Edward Bromberg

George Runyan

Donald Meek

Mc Coy

Eddie Collins

Station Agent

George Barbier

Judge

Russell Hicks

Prosecutor

Ernest Whitman

Pinky

Charles Tannen

Charlie Ford

Lloyd Corrigan

Randolph Stone

Victor Kilian

Preacher

Edward McWade

Colonel Jackson

George Chandler

Roy

Irving Bacon

Bystander

Frank Shannon

Sheriff

SH

Sam Hellman

Writer

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7 commentaires

OcéeeJun 8, 2023

SenateNov 16, 2022

"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).

🍫Diivaa🍫🍫Nov 16, 2022

Though it's probably helpful to have seen the earlier entry Jesse James in which several of the cast of this sequel appear it can also work as a stand-alone revenge drama. It is, admittedly, a little surprising to find the name Fritz Lang on the credits as the principal technician especially when the Lang touch is conspicuous by its absence but it's a competent entry albeit mindless. Henry Hull dominates the proceedings as the crusading newspaper editor just this side of barking mad and Gene Tierney is easy on the eye while Jackie Cooper weighs in as the resident hot-head. The best actor on set by a country mile is John Carradine but he is woefully under-used and it's tempting to think that Henry Fonda had it written into his contract that Carradine was relegated to the background.

MandemNov 16, 2022

The first western directed by Fritz Lang and it wouldn't be his last. Henry Fonda returns as Frank James and so do several other cast members like John Carradine and Henry Hull. There is a new cast member played by Jackie Cooper who is playing Jesse James grown up kid. This one starts out with Frank wanting to give up bank robbing until he hears about Jesse getting killed and then going after the Ford brothers who killed him. The Ford brothers, by the way, are putting on a show about how they killed Jesse. Frank doesn't have that much money so he decides to rob a bank and a man is killed by the posse but they think Frank did it. There's more to the plot by you can find that out for yourself. This is Gene Tierney's first film and in this movie Frank had to avenge Jesse's murder without actually killing anyone himself, do to the strictures of the censors.

Deverias ShipepeNov 16, 2022

The sequel to the immensely popular "Jesse James" (1939) as helmed by director Fritz Lang, finds Henry Fonda reprising his performance as Frank James in an entertaining,but routine revenge western.Also from the earlier cast we have Henry Hull,J.Edward Bromberg,John Carradine and Donald Meek.Jackie Cooper as Fonda's sidekick and the beautiful Gene Tierney are nice additions to the cast.Shot in subdued Technicolor,the movie has some nice outdoor visuals.Although not as good as the previous movie,it has its memorable moments:Frank James catching up with his brother's murderers performing a highly theatrical reenactment of Jesse's killing and the final shootout in the stable are the movie's highlights for me.

i.dfzNov 16, 2022

Return of Frank James, The (1940) *** (out of 4) Fritz Lang directed this sequel to Jesse James, which picks up right after the Ford Brothers shot Jesse in the back. Hearing that the brothers got off with murder, Frank (Henry Fonda) comes out of retirement to seek revenge. This film isn't quite as good as the original but it's still a very worthy follow up with strong direction and some really good performances. Fonda is good as usual but it's Henry Hull who steals the show as the grumpy newspaper owner. John Carradine, Gene Tierney and Jackie Cooper are all equally impressive. The ending is terrific but I personally thought the courtroom scene went a little too over the top in the comedy.

Swagg ManNov 16, 2022

Thanks to the terrific cast and photography, this story makes a terrific western. Henry Hull is terrific as major Cobb, who expresses justified Southern outrage over the depradations of the carpetbaggers and the railroads. Despite the ignorant comments of some who dare to make a ludicrous comparison to fascism, what we get here is an honest expression of southern feelings. Yes, there was a condesencion toward blacks then, but let film show it as it was, let's not try to rewrite history or create a pleasing fiction as all too many modern films do. 'Shoot em down like dogs??!' I would dearly love to see Major Cobb in a modern day courtroom, giving fire and damnation to the lawyers and other parasites that hide behind suits and ties! This is a real satisfying film and Gene Tierney never looked better.

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