Down Rio Grande Way
FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO ADD A BRIGHT NEW STAR...THE LONE STAR...TO "OLD GLORY"!
1942 · 57m · N/A Western
Overview
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.
Director and 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
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