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