Young Indiana Jones is portrayed by actor River Phoenix in the 1989 film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In the opening sequence of the movie, young Indy is scouting caves with his fellow Scouts when he comes across a group of grave robbers that have uncovered a golden crucifix. Indiana soon steals the treasure from them in hopes of putting it in a museum, but it only starts a wild chase which leads to Jones snake phobia, his handiness with a whip, the Sheriff returning the crucifix to the robbers and the leader of them giving Indiana his iconic fedora.