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Down Rio Grande Way

Down Rio Grande Way

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 23, 1942

Runtime

0h 57m

Genres

Western

Original Title

Down Rio Grande Way

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Director

William Berke

Description

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.