Down Rio Grande Way

Down Rio Grande Way

FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO ADD A BRIGHT NEW STAR...THE LONE STAR...TO "OLD GLORY"!

NR 1942 · 57 min · ★ 10.0 · Western

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.

Directed by William Berke · Written by Paul Franklin

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Cast

Charles Starrett Steve Martin
Russell Hayden 'Lucky' Haines
Britt Wood Britt Haines
Rose Anne Stevens Mary Ann Baldridge
Norman Willis Mack Vandall
Davison Clark Colonel Elihu Baldridge
Edmund Cobb Henchman Stoner
Budd Buster Clem Kearney
Joseph Eggenton Judge Randolph Henderson
Paul Newlan Sam Houston
Betty Roadman Ma Haines
John Cason Red

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