Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089859054426
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Vci Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Vci Video
MPN: UTEDKPF544D
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Vci Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 30, 2006
Running Time: 138 minutes
Studio: Vci Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1946

Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Video Communications Inc. Release Date: 05/30/2006 Run time: 138 minutes Rating: Nr

Average Rating:

Rating: - Well, it ain't history...
Entertaining enough, but "Raid" merely uses Jesse and various people that were associated with him as raw material for a B-western. The film has very, very little to do with the exploits of the real Jesse James; it's entirely fiction. As an example, "Elias Hobbs" was in actuality not a dynamite man but the town marshal of Northfield, Minnesota, during the James gang attempted bank robbery there. Out of ammunition, he threw rocks at Jesse and his buddies. Arch Clement was killed shortly after the ... Read More

Rating: - Worth the price
Both movies on this DVD are not without merits. The Great Jesse James Raid is a classic heist movie in the manner of Rififi or Asphalt Jungle, which just happens to be a Western as well. The heist scheme is unusual, the gangsters want to reach gold stashed for transport in a mine by blasting a tunnel from another unused mineshaft. There is a lot of action and 50ies sexpot Barbara Peyton is not wasted on this one. She slaps the men and the men slap her in turn. The garish colors of the filmstock enhance ... Read More

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Rating: - Welcomed releases from VCI
I heartily second "Mr. Jim's" comprehensive review of Legendary Outlaws, vol. I...two fine films, the kind one used to see on the Saturday matinees, or perhaps late at night. VCI has done its usual great job in this release. Both this volume and volumes II and III are highly recommended.

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Rating: - "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Legendary Outlaws Vol.1"
VCI Entertainment presents "Legendary Outlaws, Vol. 1" (The Great Jesse James Raid (1953) / Renegade Girl (1946) --- (Dolby digitally remastered)....relive those thrilling days from the early '30s, '40s and '50s when western action took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the features ... Read More