- Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
Infobox Film
name = Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
director =Fred C. Brannon Yakima Canutt
producer =Franklin Adreon
writer =Franklin Adreon Basil Dickey Sol Shor
starring =Clayton Moore Steve Darrell Noel Neill George J. Lewis John Crawford Sam Flint
cinematography =John MacBurnie
distributor =Republic Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 30 October 1948 "(serial)"cite book
last = Mathis
first = Jack
title = Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement
origyear = 1995
publisher = Jack Mathis Advertising
isbn = 0-9632878-1-8
pages = pp. 3, 10, 106-107
chapter = ]
Flagicon|USA 16 April 1956 "(re-release)"
runtime = 13 chapters / 180 minutes "(serial)"
language =
budget = $149,985 (negative cost : $149,805)
amg_id = 1:945
imdb_id =0040077"Adventures of Frank and Jesse James" (1948) is a Republic film serial.
Cast
*
Clayton Moore asJesse James AKA John Howard
*Steve Darrell asFrank James AKA Bob Carroll
*Noel Neill as Judy Powell
*George J. Lewis as Rafe Henley
*John Crawford as Amos Ramsey
*Sam Flint as Paul ThatcherProduction
"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.
Release
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.tunts
* Tom Steele as
Jesse James (doublingClayton Moore )
*Dale Van Sickel as Rafe Henley (doublingGeorge J. Lewis )pecial effects
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Lydecker brothers Chapter titles
# Agent of Treachery (20min)
# The Hidden Witness (13min 20s)
# The Lost Tunnel (13min 20s)
# Blades of Death (13min 20s)
# Roaring Wheels (13min 20s)
# Passage to Danger (13min 20s)
# The Secret Code (13min 20s)
# Doomed Cargo (13min 20s)
# The Eyes of the Law (13min 20s)
# The Stolen Body (13min 20s)
# Suspicion/The Death Trap (13min 20s) ["Suspicion" is recorded as the title of the eleventh chapter in William C. Cline's In the Nick of Time while "The Death Trap" is recorded as the title in Jack Mathis' Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement.] - a re-cap chapter
# Talk or Die! (13min 20s)
# Unmasked (13min 20s)Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 247
chapter = Filmography ]ee also
*
List of film serials by year
*List of film serials by studio
*Jesse James Rides Again (1947 ) - EarlierJesse James Serial
*The James Brothers of Missouri (1949 )- LaterJesse James SerialReferences
External links
*imdb title|id=0040077|title=Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Republic Serial
before=Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948)
years=Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
after=Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc (1949)
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