Rhythm of the Rio Grande 84 years old

WATCH OUT FOR THE GRINGO!../Tex shoots it out with Mexican brigands in the border badlands!

Rhythm of the Rio Grande

Filmed at Palmdale, California, this Tex Ritter Western continued a recent trend of limiting Ritter's trademark music numbers in favor of rather ill staged fisticuffs and other action scenes. Ritter, who was never very lucky with his ever changing comic sidekicks, was here saddled with one Frank Mitchell, a New Yorker visibly ill at ease on the celluloid range. Tex and Shorty (Mitchell) ride into Cinco Valley, a gold rich area terrorized by marauders ostensibly lead by one Pablo (Martin Garralaga). Tex, however, recognizes Blackie (Earl Douglas), whose boss is Bannister (Warner Richmond), an American. Suspecting that Bannister and his henchmen are trying to drive the settlers off their potentially valuable land by posing as Mexican banditos, Tex convinces Pablo to help him set a trap for the marauders.

Credits

Rhythm of the Rio Grande Cast

Name Character
Glenn Strange He was 40, 74 years old when he died as Sheriff Hays (as Glen Strange)
Forrest Taylor He was 56, 81 years old when he died as Ranger Captain Edward Crane
Tris Coffin He was 30, 80 years old when he died as Jim Banister
Tex Ritter He was 35, 68 years old when he died as Tex Regan
Martin Garralaga He was 45, 86 years old when he died as Pablo the Bandit
Frank Mitchell He was 67, 118 years old when he died as Shorty (Tex's Sidekick)
Earl Douglas as Henchman Blackie
Warner Richmond He was 54, 62 years old when he died as Buck
Juan Duval as Rego (Pablo's Rider)
White Flash as Tex's Horse

Rhythm of the Rio Grande Crew

Name Department
Robert Emmett Tansey as Screenplay. He was 42 (53) years old when He died Writing
Albert Herman as Director. He was 53 (71) years old when He died Directing
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Rhythm of the Rio Grande (84 years)

WATCH OUT FOR THE GRINGO!../Tex shoots it out with Mexican brigands in the border badlands!

  • Release day: Saturday, March 02, 1940
  • Runtime: 53 minutes