
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.
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
Boyd Holister
Bob Younger (as Bob Palmer)

Sheila Bromley
Mrs. Samuels
John O'Neill
Jim Younger (as Johnny O'Neill)

Leslie Bradley
Major Clark

Norman Leavitt
Folsom
Lee Kendall
Jennison

Tyler McVey
Banker

Britt Lomond
Yankee Officer

Ollie O'Toole
Banker

Howard Wright
Storekeeper Jenkins

Chet Brandenburg
Townsman (uncredited)
Cecil Combs
Raider (uncredited)
Richard Cowl
Raider (uncredited)
William Mims
The Reverend (uncredited)

Robert Sampson
Yankee Soldier (uncredited)
Crew

William F. Claxton
Director
Orville H. Hampton
Screenplay, Story
Jerry Sackheim
Screenplay
Richard C. Meyer
Editor
Carl Berger
Director of Photography
Willard Kirkham
Assistant Director
Harold E. Knox
Production Supervisor
Jack Leewood
Producer
Dick James
Costume Supervisor
Dick Hamilton
Makeup Artist
Irving Gertz
Music
Mac Mulcahy
Set Decoration

Roman Freulich
Still Photographer
Mary Yerke
Script Supervisor
James Trepeck
Property Master
John B. Mansbridge
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
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