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.
Rated NR | Length 57 minutes
Charles Starrett | Russell Hayden | Britt Wood | Rose Anne Stevens | Norman Willis | Davison Clark | Edmund Cobb | Budd Buster | Joseph Eggenton | Paul Newlan | Betty Roadman | John L. Cason | Steve Clark | Jim Corey | William Desmond | Herman Hack | Eddie Laughton | Kermit Maynard | Frank McCarroll | Art Mix | Lew Morphy | Edward Peil Sr. | Lee Prather | Tom Smith | Forrest Taylor