Young Jesse James

"The teenager who became the West's most hunted desperado!"

Aug 2 1960 Approved 1h 13m
Action, Adventure, War

When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes his family's homestead to find his brother Frank, a soldier in Quantrill's Raiders, a renegade band of Confederates. Bent on revenge, Jesse begs to join the raiders.

Plot

In this one, the father of Jesse and Frank James is unjustly hanged by Union troops and their mother's arm is amputated after their home is bombed by Union people, so they go riding with Quantrill's Raiders and Cole Younger and Belle Starr. Jesse and Frank argue a lot and then Jesse marries Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms, but true-history had long flown out the window by that time. Actually, history departed before the first reel was over.

Written by

Orville H. Hampton, Jerry Sackheim

Directed by

William F. Claxton

Cast

Ray Stricklyn, Willard Parker, Merry Anders

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Associated Producers (API)

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
187
Average Rating
5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA