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Down Rio Grande Way

"FIGHTING THE BATTLE TO ADD A BRIGHT NEW STAR...THE LONE STAR...TO "OLD GLORY"!"

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.

Top Cast

  • Charles Starrett

    Charles Starrett

    Steve Martin

  • Russell Hayden

    Russell Hayden

    'Lucky' Haines

  • Britt Wood

    Britt Wood

    Britt Haines

  • Rose Anne Stevens

    Rose Anne Stevens

    Mary Ann Baldridge

  • Norman Willis

    Norman Willis

    Mack Vandall

  • Davison Clark

    Davison Clark

    Colonel Elihu Baldridge

  • Edmund Cobb

    Edmund Cobb

    Henchman Stoner

  • Budd Buster

    Budd Buster

    Clem Kearney

  • Joseph Eggenton

    Joseph Eggenton

    Judge Randolph Henderson

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.

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