Down Texas Way (1942)
"The Rough Riders", has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns ... Written by Les Adams
- Date of release
- 1942-05-22
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Collection
- Rough Riders Collection
Casting
- Buck Jones — U. S. Marshal Buck Roberts
- Tim McCoy — U. S. Marshal Tim McCall
- Raymond Hatton — U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins
- Luana Walters — Mary Hopkins
- Dave O'Brien — Dave Dodge
- Lois Austin — Stella (posing as Ann Dodge)
- Glenn Strange — Sheriff Trump
- Harry Woods — Bert Logan
- Tom London — Bartender Pete
- John Merton — Henchman Steve
- Silver — Silver, Buck's Horse
- Ben Corbett — Henchman
Interesting facts
Down Texas Way is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the sixth film in Monogram Pictures' Rough Riders film series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Luana Walters, Dave O'Brien and Lois Austin. The film was released on May 22, 1942, by Monogram Pictures.
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