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Console best movie i've ever seen.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Uriah43 This movie begins with an incompetent insurance agent named "Milford Farnsworth" (Bob Hope) accidentally selling a life insurance policy to the notorious outlaw "Jesse James" (Wendell Corey) who just happens to be visiting New York. Needless to say, with so many people gunning for this particular outlaw his boss is not very happy with this transaction. Because of that he immediately sends Milford on the next train back west to find Jesse and refund the money in exchange for the policy he issued to him. Failing that, he is given instructions to keep Jesse alive as long as possible so the insurance company doesn't have to pay anything. To that end, Milford assumes the identity of Jesse to confuse everybody—and that suits the outlaw just fine. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was an okay comedy which suffered a couple of misfires here and there but essentially made up for it with the presence of Rhonda Fleming (as Jesse's girlfriend "Cora Lee Collins") who was absolutely stunning. In any case, while this it's certainly not a hilarious movie it was good enough for the time spent and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

tavm Just watched this Bob Hope comedy on Netflix streaming. He plays Milford Farnsworth, a failed insurance salesman who has one last chance before he's fired. So he ends up in a western town that resides one Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Guess who Milford ends up selling his insurance to? There's also a lovely lass named Cora Lee Collins (Rhonda Fleming) in tow. I'll stop there and just say that I liked many of the wisecracks that Hope did but what I really found funny was some of the visual gags like Hope's hat changing shape when drinking whiskey, him accidentally using a rattlesnake to beat a ferocious creature, or seeing a brawl in slow motion after Bob spiked a punch with mushrooms (that last bit was a big surprise to me since I thought drug humor didn't appear in mainstream movies until the late '60s). There were also some amusing cameos of mostly western TV stars at the end though one of those was actually of a well-known co-star of Bob's that I won't dare reveal here if you don't know what I'm talking about. Oh, and one more thing, the reason I watched this now was because I have been reviewing many movies and TV episodes of the stars of the original "Dallas" in chronological order since mid-June when the new version premiered on TNT. So when I found out Jim Davis appeared here as Jesse's brother Frank, I had to check this out. He has a funny scene with Hope when they're playing cards. So on that note, I recommend Alias Jesse James.

Spikeopath Bumbling buffoon insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells notorious outlaw Jesse James a $100,000 policy. When his boss finds out who the customer is, he dispatches Farnsworth after James in the hope of buying back the policy, he also gives strict orders that Farnsworth must ensure that James comes to no harm.Bob Hope sells Jesse James an insurance policy! that alone should prepare you for what type of picture this is. There is nothing out of the ordinary here that we haven't seen before in most other Hope vehicles, and as a huge fan of The Paleface and the even better Son Of Paleface, I would point readers to those pictures by way of them being far better. However, "Alias" has some fine moments that keep it way above average, in fact for visual gags alone this picture scores higher than most of Hope's better known comedies. Be it a steaming alcohol fuelled hat or a magic mushroomed fed horse, there is still much fun to be had as Hope plays out his winning formula. Along for the ride is the supremely sexy Rhonda Fleming as Jesse James' gal, Cora Lee Collins, and as James himself we get Wendell Corey looking as though he is enjoying himself. The final reel of this film is now something of legend as we get to play spot the genre star during a protracted shoot out, stars such as Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers & Gail Davis join Bing Crosby to close the picture on a mightily high point. 6.5/10

edwagreen Funny film as Bob Hope portrays insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth. As Wendell Corey, who portrays James asks, "What's a Milford Farnsworth?"As far as I'm concerned, Mary Young as Ma James steals this picture as the soft spoken mother of the outlaw who only wants her Jesse to eat a good breakfast before he goes out to steal. With her sing-song voice, Ma comes across as a kindly old lady only to resort to the shotgun when Rhonda Fleming jumps ship in her wedding dress and flees with Hope.The plot is hilarious. The inept Farnsworth sells James an insurance policy and James in turn plans to have Hope dressed like him, and killed so that he can enjoy the $100,000 that the policy is worth. What's even funnier is that dance hall queen Cora Lee, Fleming, falls for Hope.The picture provides good laughs and was appropriate for the 1950s light comedies with Hope.