The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular B-western series as an A-picture attraction. The story gets under way when a pair of con artists, Gibson (Sidney Blackmer) and Allen (Joe Sawyer), breeze into the town of Sage City claiming to be movie producers. The two scoundrels promise to film a movie in the little burg on the condition that the townsfolk pony up the necessary production fees.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Albert DuffyScreenplay
- Olive CooperScreenplay
- Joseph SantleyDirector
- Mort GlickmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene AutryGene Autry
- Smiley BurnetteFrog
- Fay McKenzieMaria Elena Alvarado
- Harold HuberPancho Grande
- Sidney BlackmerEllery Gibson
- Joe SawyerAllen
- Andrew TombesMayor Tubbs
- Murray AlperFlood
- Arthur LoftHomer Gerard
- Duncan RenaldoJuan
- Paul FixHenchman Davis
- Julian RiveroDon Carlos Alvarado
Stills
Themes
gunfightswindle