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Purgatory

Amelia Heinle as Rose in Purgatory on the Dingus Project at SeacoastNH.com THE DINGUS PROJECT
Jesse James in Film #14

Who says made-for-TV movies have to be bad? This science fiction/western is among the most popular in the Jesse James canon, although he scarcely appears. "You gotta see Purgatory," people kept telling us, when they heard about the Dingus Project. So we did, and it’s now among our favorites too.

Kansas Raiders

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Jesse James in Film #13

The most decorated American combat soldier in World War II played Jesse James twice, once at the beginning of his acting career and in his final film. Kansas Raiders is a reasonably accurate fictionalized version of how an angry murderous teen fell in with Quantrill’s Raiders during the Civil War.

American Outlaws

Colin Farrell as the worst Jesse James in film history THE DINGUS PROJECT
Jesse James in Film #12

Colin Farrell gets the Dingus Project vote for the worst Jesse James in American film, historically speaking. This is the Jesse James of dime novels, a comic book superhero who can dodge bullets. The movie, however, takes one in the gut. Bad script, bad acting, bad everything.

Bronco, Shadow of Jesse James

Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne on the Dingus Project THE DINGUS PROJECT
Jesse James in Film #11

Who would expect to find a reasonably authentic portrayal of Jesse James in a TV-western, played by none other than James Coburn? Well it happened for a brief moment on the TV show "Bronco". Pop quiz: What was Ty Hardin’s real name? Answer: Orison Whipple Hungerford. No lie.

I Shot Jesse James

Bob FOrd THE DINGUS PROJECT #10
Jesse James in Film

Like the new Brad Pitt film, this early version focuses around the tortuous life of Bob Ford, assassin of Jesse James. Turning Ford into a hero is a tricky prospect. The film is largely a re-enactment of the popular ballad of Jesse James, chronicling what happened to "the dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard" in the aback in Missouri.

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