Down Mexico Way (1941)

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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… More 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. When Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog (Smiley Burnette) catch up with Gibson and Allen, the two huckster head across the border into Mexico-a big mistake, since reformed bandit Pancho Grande (Harold Huber) and his amigos don't cotton to being swindled. In addition to the expected musical interludes from Gene Autry, Down Mexico Way includes several Latino numbers, courtesy of the Herrera Sisters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed By: Joseph Santley
Genres: Western

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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Republic responded to FDR's request to make a pic in a neighboring South of the Border country, as part of the administration's Good Neighbor Policy.

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Cast

            Gene Autry as Gene

            Smiley Burnette as Frog

            Fay McKenzie as Maria Elena

            Harold Huber as Pancho Grande

            Sidney Blackmer as Gibson

            Joe Sawyer as Allen

            Andrew Tombes as Mayor Tubbs

            Murray Alper as Flood

            Arthur Loft as Gerard

            Duncan Renaldo as Juan

            Paul Fix as Davis

            Julian Rivero as Don Alvarado

            Ruth Robinson as Mercedes

            Thornton Edwards as Capt. Rodriguez

            Sam Appel
            
            Hank Bell
            
            Champion
            
            Rico de Montez
            
            Esther Estrella
            
            Reed Howes
            
            Helen MacKellar
            
            Jack O'Shea
            
            Fred Burns
            
            Eddie Dean
            
            Al Haskell
            
            Carmela Cansino
            
            Elias Gamboa
            
            Charles Rivero
            
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