Down Mexico Way 83 years old

TOPS EVERY OTHER AUTRY HIT - Gene in his most likeable role...more songs...more thrills...more beautiful senoritas...a glamorous screen production that gives the most in entertainment and fun!

Down Mexico Way

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.

Credits

Down Mexico Way Cast

Name Character
Sidney Blackmer He was 46, 78 years old when he died as Ellery Gibson
Paul Fix He was 40, 82 years old when he died as Henchman Davis
Smiley Burnette He was 30, 55 years old when he died as Frog
Murray Alper He was 37, 80 years old when he died as Flood
Gene Autry He was 34, 91 years old when he died as Gene Autry
Duncan Renaldo He was 37, 76 years old when he died as Juan
Andrew Tombes He was 56, 90 years old when he died as Mayor Tubbs
Joe Sawyer He was 35, 75 years old when he died as Allen
Harold Huber He was 31, 49 years old when he died as Pancho Grande
Fay McKenzie She was 23, 101 years old when she died as Maria Elena Alvarado
Arthur Loft He was 44, 49 years old when he died as Homer Gerard
Thornton Edwards He was 47, 93 years old when he died as Rurale Captain Rodriguez
Julian Rivero He was 51, 85 years old when he died as Don Carlos Alvarado
Ruth Robinson She was 21, 46 years old when she died as Mercedes

Down Mexico Way Crew

Name Department
Jack A. Marta as Director of Photography. He was 38 (88) years old when He died Camera
Mort Glickman as Original Music Composer. He was 42 (54) years old when He died Sound
Albert Duffy as Screenplay. Writing
Murray Seldeen as Editorial Services. He was 36 (83) years old when He died Editing
Al Wilson as Production Manager. He was 35 (30) years old when He died Production
Joseph Santley as Director. He was 52 (82) years old when He died Directing
Dorrell McGowan as Story. He was 41 (97) years old when He died Writing
Stuart E. McGowan as Story. He was 37 (95) years old when He died Writing
Olive Cooper as Screenplay. She was 49 (95) years old when She died Writing
Ralph Oberg as Art Direction. He was 42 (61) years old when He died Art
Down Mexico Way poster
Down Mexico Way (83 years)

TOPS EVERY OTHER AUTRY HIT - Gene in his most likeable role...more songs...more thrills...more beautiful senoritas...a glamorous screen production that gives the most in entertainment and fun!

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 15, 1941
  • Runtime: 54 minutes