Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union. Starrett plays Texas Ranger Steve Martin, who is dispatched to a "renegade" Texas country that refuses to become part of the good old USA. He discovers that the crux of the problem is a local tax collector who, with the help of a crooked newspaper editor, is systematically robbing the citizens of their hard-earned cash, all the while fomenting anti-American sentiments.
- Released
- 1942-04-23
- Genres
- Western
- Runtime
- 57 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Berke, Paul Franklin
- TMDB rating
- 10.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Charles Starrett as Steve Martin
- Russell Hayden as 'Lucky' Haines
- Britt Wood as Britt Haines
- Rose Anne Stevens as Mary Ann Baldridge
- Norman Willis as Mack Vandall
- Davison Clark as Colonel Elihu Baldridge
- Edmund Cobb as Henchman Stoner
- Budd Buster as Clem Kearney
- Joseph Eggenton as Judge Randolph Henderson
- Paul Newlan as Sam Houston
- Betty Roadman as Ma Haines
- John Cason as Red