Western · United States of America · 1960 · 1h 13m

Young Jesse James

Director

Cast

Ray Stricklyn as Jesse James Willard Parker as Cole Younger Merry Anders as Belle Starr Robert Dix as Frank James Emile Meyer as Major Charlie Quantrill Jacklyn O'Donnell as Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms

Crew

Carl Berger — Director of Photography Richard C. Meyer — Editor Orville H. Hampton — Screenplay Jerry Sackheim — Screenplay Orville H. Hampton — Story Jack Leewood — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

jesse james cole younger

Key Collaborators

William F. Claxton Director Carl Berger Director of Photography Richard C. Meyer Editor Orville H. Hampton Screenplay Jerry Sackheim Screenplay Orville H. Hampton Story Jack Leewood Producer

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