Headin' for the Rio Grande 88 years old

Headin' for the Rio Grande

Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of a lovely lady (Eleanor Stewart). As payment for his pains, he's framed by a saloon owner (Warner Richmond) for killing bad guy Red Dugan (James Mason) and forced to sweat it out in jail. Will his faithful sidekick, Chilo (Syd Saylor), show up to save his skin … or will Tex have a date with the gallows? - Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, Eleanor Stewart

Credits

Headin' for the Rio Grande Cast

Name Character
'Snub' Pollard He was 46, 72 years old when he died as Cookie (Hart hand)
Earl Dwire He was 52, 56 years old when he died as Rand (Travis henchman)
Forrest Taylor He was 52, 81 years old when he died as Sheriff Ed Saunders (Tex's brother)
Syd Saylor He was 40, 67 years old when he died as Chili (Tex's sidekick)
Tex Ritter He was 30, 68 years old when he died as Tex Saunders
Charles K. French He was 75, 92 years old when he died as Pop Hart (Laura's father)
Eleanor Stewart was 22, 94 years old when died as Laura Hart
Rudy Sooter He was 31, 86 years old when he died as Cowboy
Jim Mason He was 46, 70 years old when he died as Red Dugan
Oscar Gahan as Henchman
Jack C. Smith as Harper
William Desmond He was 57, 71 years old when he died as Mr. Mack (cattle buyer)
White Flash as Tex's Horse
Bud Pope He was 47, 79 years old when he died as Henchman
Bud Osborne He was 51, 79 years old when he died as Cactus (Travis henchman)
Duke R. Lee He was 54, 77 years old when he died as Ted Carson
Fred Parker He was 59, now 147 years old as Dr. Parker
Charles King He was 40, 62 years old when he died as Henchman Tick
Budd Buster He was 44, 76 years old when he died as Senator Black - cattleman
Phil Harrison He was 64, now 24 years old as Sea-Going Cowboys Band
Tex Palmer He was 31, 77 years old when he died as Henchman
Warner Richmond He was 49, 62 years old when he died as Ike Travis
Tex Cooper as Barfly

Headin' for the Rio Grande Crew

Name Department
Lindsley Parsons as Story. He was 30 (87) years old when He died Writing
Gus Peterson as Cinematography. He was 42 (76) years old when He died Crew
Edward Finney as Producer. He was 32 (79) years old when He died Production
Frederick Bain as Editor. He was 40 (70) years old when He died Editing
Robert Emmett Tansey as Screenplay. He was 38 (53) years old when He died Writing
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Headin' for the Rio Grande (88 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, January 01, 1936
  • Runtime: 60 minutes