Western

The Return of Frank James

- Encore triumph from 20th Century-Fox.

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

Release Date : 1940-08-10

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Frank James

Original Name : Henry Fonda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clem

Original Name : Jackie Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eleanor Stone

Original Name : Gene Tierney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Major Rufus Cobb

Original Name : Henry Hull

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Ford

Original Name : John Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Runyan

Original Name : J. Edward Bromberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : McCoy

Original Name : Donald Meek

Gender : Male

Character Name : Station Agent

Original Name : Eddie Collins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : George Barbier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : Russell Hicks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pinky

Original Name : Ernest Whitman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Ford

Original Name : Charles Tannen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Randolph Stone

Original Name : Lloyd Corrigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Preacher

Original Name : Victor Kilian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Jackson

Original Name : Edward McWade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Roy

Original Name : George Chandler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bystander

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff

Original Name : Frank Shannon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nellie Blane

Original Name : Barbara Pepper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Watchman

Original Name : Louis Mason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mose

Original Name : Matthew Beard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Actor

Original Name : William Pawley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Actor

Original Name : Frank Sully

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Davison Clark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank James in Play (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Battier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Engineer (uncredited)

Original Name : A.S. Byron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Kernan Cripps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juror (uncredited)

Original Name : Rube Dalroy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Lester Dorr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Play Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Tex Driscoll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Original Name : Edmund Elton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy (uncredited)

Original Name : Budd Fine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Edna Stone (uncredited)

Original Name : Almeda Fowler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Slim Gaut

Gender : Male

Character Name : Court Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Sherry Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Shep Houghton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Milton Kibbee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Kermit Maynard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saloon Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Mayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Confederate Veteran Juror (uncredited)

Original Name : Nelson McDowell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Man on Rocker (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert McKenzie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bailiff (uncredited)

Original Name : Lew Meehan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Melton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denver Detective (uncredited)

Original Name : Adrian Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liberty Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : James C. Morton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Denver House Chambermaid (uncredited)

Original Name : Hattie Noel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Denver House Bartender (uncredited)

Original Name : Lee Phelps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Front-Row Play Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Tex Phelps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juror (uncredited)

Original Name : Russ Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Timer (uncredited)

Original Name : Allen D. Sewall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Cap Somers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Dale Van Sickel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eleanor's Maid (uncredited)

Original Name : Lillian Yarbo

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-22

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 young "Clem" (Jackie Cooper) involved in a bank robbery that sees his old retainer "Pinky" (Ernest Whitman) set to swing after the watchman is accidentally killed. Determined to avert that he engages "Cobb" as his lawyer and turns himself in. The twenty minutes or so in the courtroom are a bit of an amusing tour-de-force for the old newspaper man; he plays the jury like a fiddle and the judge (George Barbier) seems pretty complicit as railroad man "McCoy" (Donald Meek) finds he has few friends in them thar parts. The ending is a bit weak, indeed the whole thing is rather an unnecessary sequel, but it's still worth it for the entertaining antics of "Maj. Cobb".