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Jesse James Under the Black Flag

Jesse James Under the Black Flag

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 29, 1921

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Western, History

Original Title

Jesse James Under the Black Flag

Production Companies

Mesco Pictures

Director

Franklin B. Coates

Description

Shows James' joining of the Quantrill's raiders, a guerrilla force which fought against union sympathizers during the Civil War. James takes allegiance to the Black Flag, the raiders' banner. After the war he recieves kind treatment from a judge concerning his acts of crime and later meets and falls in love with Zee, with whom he wishes to live a peaceful life.