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starring: Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Wendell Corey, Gloria Talbott, Jim Davisdirected by: Norman Z. McLeod
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304466469
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6304466463
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: May 27, 1997
Running Time: 92 minutes
Sales Rank: 18823
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 1959
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Rating:  - Hope on the Range
"Alias Jesse James" (1959) is the last and least of Bob Hope's Western spoofs. Even with director Norman Z. McLeod at the helm, this Technicolor farce lacks the sharp pacing of the comedian's better efforts. Luckily, the film improves as it moseys along - climaxed by a hilarious star-studded shootout. In the words of a famous crooner, Old Ski Nose "needs all the help he can get." The cameos save the movie, yet Hope's cinematic decline began shortly thereafter.
Rating:  - One of Bob's funniest films
Alias Jesse James is one of Bob Hope's "funny," more straight-forward classics, as opposed to his sillier films. (which are great too, but some people don't enjoy "silly.")
As a bumbling insurance salesman who has just lost his job, and then sells an expensive policy to the notorious Jesse James to convince his boss to hire him back.....well, you can imagine the uproarious situations that arise. Hope's masterful comic timing and a great and innovative script make this a "must see" for his fans, ... Read More
Rating: - Before State Farm, AFLAC and Prudential, there was Milford Farnsworth!
There's just something so inherently likable about Bob Hope. Maybe it's the quick wit and comedic timing. Maybe it's the self-effacing "just one of the guys" mannerisms. Maybe it's the basic decency of the man shining thru. I don't know, but he's my favorite film comedian, bar none. Alias Jesse James is just another fine example of Bob exercising his immense comedic talents to their fullest.
Having just been being fired from the Plymouth Rock Insurance Company, bumbling New York insurance ... Read More
Rating:  - Funny Western Spoof With Bob Hope In Fine "Cowardly", Form
Greatly enjoying Bob Hope's "lovable coward", characterizations that he played so well in many films in different settings I found the very funny "Alias Jesse James", set in America's old West one of the comic's best. Having already used a western setting to great effect in his earlier comedy classics "The Paleface", and especially "Son of Paleface", it was the ideal setting for Bob Hope's brand of comedy where his nervous non heroic characters always contrasted superbly with the hard drinkin', hard shootin' ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Bob Hope Comedy!!Happy 100th Birthday Mr. Hope!!
Bob Hope stars as an inept insurance salesman who sells the outlaw Jesse James a 100,000 dollar life insurance policy with hilarious results.This is a classic Bob Hope Comedy along with a great cast.By the way ,Happy 100th Birthday,Mr. Hope and thanks for the memories,we all love you!!
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