The Legend of Jesse James (TV series)

The Legend of Jesse James
Christopher Jones as Jesse James
Genre	Western
Starring	Christopher Jones Allen Case Ann Doran Robert J. Wilke John Milford
Theme music composer	Irving Gertz Ken Darby
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	34
Production
Executive producer	David Weisbart
Producer	Don Siegel
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 mins.
Production company	20th Century-Fox Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 13, 1965 (1965-09-13) – May 9, 1966 (1966-05-09)

The Legend of Jesse James is an American Western television series starring Christopher Jones in the title role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. Produced by Don Siegel, ^[1] it aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966.

Guest stars

• Claude Akins
• John Anderson
• E. J. André
• Whitney Blake
• Lloyd Bochner
• Charles Bronson
• Walter Burke
• Michael Burns
• Harry Carey, Jr.
• John Carradine
• John Cassavetes
• Glenn Corbett
• Royal Dano
• Don Eitner ^[2]
• Jack Elam
• Gene Evans
• Shug Fisher
• Sam Gilman
• Virginia Gregg
• Mariette Hartley
• Peter Helm
• Joe Higgins
• Rex Holman
• Dennis Hopper
• Jeffrey Hunter
• Victor Jory
• Sally Kellerman
• Douglas Kennedy
• George Kennedy
• Gary Lockwood
• Strother Martin
• Ken Mayer
• Kevin McCarthy
• Tim McIntire
• Gregg Palmer
• J. Pat O'Malley
• Nehemiah Persoff
• Slim Pickens
• Kurt Russell
• Albert Salmi
• Mickey Shaughnessy
• Robert F. Simon
• Ann Sothern
• Warren Stevens
• Harold J. Stone
• Susan Strasberg
• Lyle Talbot
• Buck Taylor
• Vaughn Taylor
• Kelly Thordsen
• Tom Tully

Merchandising

The TV series was adapted into a comic strip by Dan Spiegle, distributed by Gold Key Comics. ^[3]

References

1. Alvin H. Marill (June 2011). Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810881334 . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
2. "Don Eitner List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
3. "Dan Spiegle".

External links

• The Legend of Jesse James at IMDb