When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jesse look alike in Burns, hires him to wreck havoc on the ranchers. When Jesse kills Burns he switches clothes and goes after the culprits.
Roy Rogers
as Jesse James / Clint Burns
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Sheriff Gabby Whitaker
Sally Payne
as Polly Morgan
Pierre Watkin
as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
Ivan Miller
as Judge Rutherford
Hal Taliaferro
as Paul Sloan, Lawyer
Gale Storm
as Jane Fillmore, 'St. Louis Journal' Reporter
Roy Barcroft
as Henchman Vern Stone
Jack Kirk
as Henchman Rufe Balder
Chester Conklin
as Town Drunk (uncredited)
John Dilson
as Collins (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell
as Townsman (uncredited)