Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way is an 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Based on a story by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who comes to the aid of the townspeople of Sage City who are victims of a nefarious scam.

Soon after, Gene discovers that the producers are in fact con artists who have swindled Sage City citizens out of 35,000. Gerard and Gibson, whose real names are Flood and Allen, travel to San Ramon, Mexico, where their bosses, the real Gerard and Gibson, are preparing to pull a similar swindle on the townspeople of San Ramon. Their primary target is the wealthy Don Carlos Alvarado Julian Rivero, whose daughter Maria Elena Fay McKenzie has been promised a starring role in the film in return for his financial support.Following the con artists trail, Gene and Frog travel to San Ramon and meet beautiful Maria Elena on the way. They tell her about how the citizens of Sage City were swindled. Gene and Frog meet the real Gibson and Gerard, but do not recognize them, but Frog does recognize their carthe same one Flood and Allen drove in Sage City. Gene realizes that these men must be involved in some way. The following night, Gene accompanies Maria Elena to a fiesta. Afterwards, some of Gerard and Gibsons henchmen take shots at Gene, Frog, and their friend, reformed bandit Pancho Grande Harold Huber, looking to put an end to Genes investigation. ........

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