Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

Adventures of Frank and Jesse James is a 1948 Republic film serial.

Cast

• Clayton Moore as Jesse James AKA John Howard
• Steve Darrell as Frank James AKA Bob Carroll
• Noel Neill as Judy Powell
• George J. Lewis as Rafe Henley
• John Crawford as Amos Ramsey
• Sam Flint as Paul Thatcher

Production

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.

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...... ...
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