Down Rio Grande Way (1942)
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.
Cast
Charles Starrett
Steve Martin
Russell Hayden
'Lucky' Haines
Britt Wood
Britt Haines
Norman Willis
Mack Vandall
Davison Clark
Colonel Elihu Baldridge
Edmund Cobb
Henchman Stoner
Budd Buster
Clem Kearney
Paul Newlan
Sam Houston
Betty Roadman
Ma Haines
John Cason
Red
Steve Clark
Ranger Captain
Jim Corey
Henchman Lobo
William Desmond
Townsman
Herman Hack
Storekeeper
Eddie Laughton
Ranger Davidson
Kermit Maynard
Posse Rider
Art Mix
Henchman
