Down Rio Grande Way

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

N/A

Rose Anne Stevens

Mary Ann Baldridge

Norman Willis

Mack Vandall

Davison Clark

Colonel Elihu Baldridge

Edmund Cobb

Henchman Stoner

Budd Buster

Clem Kearney

N/A

Joseph Eggenton

Judge Randolph Henderson

Paul Newlan

Sam Houston

Betty Roadman

Ma Haines

John Cason

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