The Original
	in  Diamond Studs The Life of Jesse James
	More stills from the New York run in 1975.

Tommy Thompson, Bill Hicks, and Jim Watson (Touch the picture with your mouse for a surprise if your browser allows.)

 

	An upstaging problem! Jim Wann (Jesse James) may have found the only way to upstage Tommy Thompson, who looks fetching here (except for a minor facial hair problem) in costume as Jesse James' mother.   Tommy also played the role of Jesse's cousin Cole Younger.  Clive Barnes wrote about Tommy this way: "a huge man with a red beard and a fine talent."
	Hicks as Bocephus! Bill Hicks shares this scene with Rick Simpson who left the show and was replaced by Jack Herrick who became the fifth Red Clay Rambler
	More stills - just click on the thumbnails for a big version; hit "back" to return here. All of the black and white photographs on this page are by Laura W. Pettibone
	Color pics from Diamond Studs---->
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