Down Rio Grande Way
5.5
“FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO ADD A BRIGHT NEW STAR...THE LONE STAR...TO "OLD GLORY"!”
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.
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Charles Starrett
Steve Martin
Known for
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Russell Hayden
'Lucky' Haines
Also in
Cowboy G-Men
Judge Roy Bean
Paul Franklin
William Berke
Jack Fier
Britt Wood
Britt Haines
Also in
The Showdown
Detour to Danger
Rose Anne Stevens
Mary Ann Baldridge
Also in
Tomorrow We Live
Norman Willis
Mack Vandall
Known for
Bullets or Ballots
Davison Clark
Colonel Elihu Baldridge
Known for
The Scarlet Empress
Dishonored
Edmund Cobb
Henchman Stoner
Known for
Tales of Terror
The Desperate Hours
Budd Buster
Clem Kearney
Also in
Apology for Murder
The White Gorilla
Joseph Eggenton
Judge Randolph Henderson
Also in
You'll Find Out
Black Dragons
William Berke Director · Paul Franklin Screenplay
United States release April 23, 1942 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 23, 1942
Theatrical
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