Down Mexico Way (1941)
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.
Director:
Joseph Santley
Writers:
Olive Cooper, Albert Duffy.
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Gene Autry as Gene Autry |
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Smiley Burnette as Frog |
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Fay McKenzie as Maria Elena Alvarado |
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Harold Huber as Pancho Grande |
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Sidney Blackmer as Ellery Gibson |
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Joe Sawyer as Allen |
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Andrew Tombes as Mayor Tubbs |
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Murray Alper as Flood |
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Arthur Loft as Homer Gerard |
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Duncan Renaldo as Juan |
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Paul Fix as Henchman Davis |
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Julian Rivero as Don Carlos Alvarado |
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Ruth Robinson as Mercedes |
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Thornton Edwards as Rurale Captain Rodriguez |
| Directing | Joseph Santley | Director |
| Writing | Dorrell McGowan | Story |
| Writing | Stuart E. McGowan | Story |
| Writing | Olive Cooper | Screenplay |
| Writing | Albert Duffy | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ralph Oberg | Art Direction |
| Production | Al Wilson | Production Manager |
| Editing | Murray Seldeen | Editorial Services |
| Sound | Mort Glickman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jule Styne | Songs |
| Writing | Eddie Cherkose | Lyricist |
| Writing | Sol Meyer | Lyricist |
