Young Jesse James

Overview

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.

Directed by William F. Claxton

Top cast

Ray Stricklyn

Jesse James

Willard Parker

Cole Younger

Merry Anders

Belle Starr

Robert Dix

Frank James

Emile Meyer

Major Charlie Quantrill

Jacklyn O'Donnell

Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms

Rayford Barnes

Pitts

Rex Holman

Zack

B

Boyd Holister

Bob Younger (as Bob Palmer)

Sheila Bromley

Mrs. Samuels

J

John O'Neill

Jim Younger (as Johnny O'Neill)

Leslie Bradley

Major Clark

Norman Leavitt

Folsom

L

Lee Kendall

Jennison

Tyler McVey

Banker

Britt Lomond

Yankee Officer

Ollie O'Toole

Banker

Howard Wright

Storekeeper Jenkins

Chet Brandenburg

Townsman (uncredited)

C

Cecil Combs

Raider (uncredited)

Details