Twilight on the Rio Grande

For us Bob Steele fans, I didn't like the fact that he was bumped off early on but the movie continued with a great adventure thereafter. Gene Autry and his pal Pokie (Sterling Holloway) are in Mexico when Steele is killed. The Cass Country Boys play some great songs with an earlier Autry song at the beginning. The most lovely senorita and pinup girl of the year Adele Mara is a wonderful songtress herself. As Elena Del Rio, she has a knack for throwing knives and vitriol at approaching males but is she a cold-blooded killer? Mucho (Martin Garralaga) is a man on the low-down and Autry is bent on getting him to spill the beans. Charles Evans as Henry Blackstone and Howard Negley as Jake Short may be tied to the killings and a jewel smuggling scheme and Captain Gonzales (George J. Lewis) is in close pursuit. Many great scenes and songs especially the theme "Twilight on the Rio Grande" by Autry and Mara which unfortunately was never released.