Directed by Philip Kaufman
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
Cole Younger, Jesse James and the gang travel from Missouri to Minnesota to rob the biggest bank west of the Mississippi. Along the way, they kill, rob and maim as many people as possible. It's hard to root for a bunch of redneck racists from Missouri, but that is what the film asks us to do. The good people of Northfield, Swedish immigrants, are mostly helpless, but when pushed they do form a posse and eventually arrest or kill the gang members. The period detail is well-done, including turn-of-the-century machines such as a steam tractor, calliope and magic lantern, but the narrative rambles and tends to dwell on unimportant details, like a rambunctious baseball game.
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