Jesse James Under the Black Flag

{{short description|1921 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Jesse James Under the Black Flag

| director = Franklin B. Coates

| producer = Mesco Pictures

| writer = Franklin B. Coates

| cinematography =

| distributor = Grapevine Video

| released = {{Film date|1921|03}}

| runtime = 69 min

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

Jesse James Under the Black Flag is a 1921 American silent Western film directed and written by Franklin B. Coates.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-TLXYhM3cTkC&pg=PA32 |title=Jesse James and the Movies |first=Johnny D. |last=Boggs |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=January 10, 2014 |page=32 |isbn=9780786484966}} It is about the bandit Jesse James,{{cite web |url=http://www.barbadillo.it/78094-focus-wester-jesse-james-wanted-hero-e-bandito-icona/ |title=Focus Western. Jesse James "wanted hero" e bandito-icona |date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=January 19, 2019 |first=Giovanni |last=Di Silvestre |work=Barbadillo |language=it}} who is portrayed by his son Jesse James Jr.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=or9TDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA212 |title=Chasing Frank and Jesse James: The Bungled Northfield Bank Robbery and the Long Manhunt |first=Wayne |last=Fanebust |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=March 20, 2018 |page=212 |isbn=9781476670676}}

It is the prequel of Jesse James as the Outlaw, both released the same year and featured in theaters.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/mythicalwestency0000slat |url-access=registration |title=The Mythical West: An Encyclopedia of Legend, Lore, and Popular Culture |first=Richard W. |last=Slatta |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2001 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mythicalwestency0000slat/page/187 187] |isbn=9781576071519}}