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The story of America's most notorious criminal of the Wild West era. Bold and unpredictable, Jesse James is a legendary outlaw. He always carefully plans his raids and wages war against anyone who poses a threat to him or his family. In 1881, Robert Ford joins James's gang. Robert is an ardent admirer of James, but the more time he spends near him, the more irreversibly his attitude toward his — now former — idol changes. Glorified by newspaper crime stories, Jesse James increasingly appears as an American Robin Hood in the eyes of the socially oppressed classes, which is far from the truth. Robert Ford, who idealized James, sees the true face of the most wanted criminal in America of that time. He is a man cruel to the point of sadism, killing not only out of necessity but for his own pleasure. He readily sacrifices his accomplices to save his own life. Constantly moving from place to place, Jesse James evades pursuit…