
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.
Top Billed Cast

Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Smiley Burnette
Frog

Fay McKenzie
Maria Elena Alvarado

Harold Huber
Pancho Grande

Sidney Blackmer
Ellery Gibson
Featured Crew

Joseph Santley
Director
Dorrell McGowan
Story
Stuart E. McGowan
Story
Olive Cooper
Screenplay
Albert Duffy
Screenplay
Jack A. Marta
Director of Photography
Ralph Oberg
Art Direction
Al Wilson
Production Manager
Murray Seldeen
Editorial Services
Mort Glickman
Original Music Composer

Jule Styne
Songs
Eddie Cherkose
Lyricist