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Across The Rio Grande

"SINGIN' JIMMY SENDS AN INNOCENT MAN TO JAIL...then has to blast him out to stop a 'necktie party'!"

Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Steve is investigating his father's sudden death after charges of theft from the Sloan/Carson mine. Sloan is killed after Wakely learns that ore is being smuggled across the Mexican border into the mine, and then sold at the higher U.S. prices

Top Cast

  • Jimmy Wakely

    Jimmy Wakely

    Jimmy Wakely

  • Dub Taylor

    Dub Taylor

    Cannonball Taylor

  • Reno Browne

    Reno Browne

    Sally Blaine

  • Riley Hill

    Riley Hill

    Steven Blaine

  • Dennis Moore

    Dennis Moore

    Carson

  • Kenne Duncan

    Kenne Duncan

    Joe Bardet

  • Ted Adams

    Ted Adams

    Tom Sloan

  • Myron Healey

    Myron Healey

    Stage Robber

  • Bud Osborne

    Bud Osborne

    Stage Driver

Overview

Outlaws attempting to kidnap Steve Blaine from a stagecoach are ran off by the sharpshooting of his sister, Sally and rescuers Jimmy Wakely and Cannonball Taylor. Steve is investigating his father's sudden death after charges of theft from the Sloan/Carson mine. Sloan is killed after Wakely learns that ore is being smuggled across the Mexican border into the mine, and then sold at the higher U.S. prices

Rating

4.5 / 10
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1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    5 Feb 9, 2017

    Steve Blaine Charged With The Murder Of Tom Sloan! Across the Rio Grande is directed by Oliver Drake and written by Ronald Davidson. It stars Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Reno Browne, Riley Hill and Dennis Moore. Music is by Edward Kay and cinematography by Harry Neumann. Running at just under an hour, Across the Rio Grande is pretty much a quintessential "B" Western for the decade it was made. It crams as much as it can into the story and has no ideas above its station. Plot finds amiable Jimmy Wakely and his amusing side-kick Cannonball Taylor in amongst silver smugglers, murder, kidnapping, jail breaks and of course shoot-outs and fist-fights. There's even time for a couple of songs and a magic trick! and a gun phobia angle and also a cheeky locked room murder that adds some meat to the frothy stew. Production value is low and the fights are the kind where the thrown punches miss by about a mile, but this is a pleasant way to spend an hour if your a Western fan purely seeking some time filling light entertainment. 6/10

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