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

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