Rio Grande

No relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another rubber-stamp Charles Starrett western from the Columbia assembly line.

Cast

Charles Starrett

as Cliff Houston

Ann Doran

as Jean Andrews

Bob Nolan

as Bob Stevens

Dick Curtis

as Ed Barker

George Chesebro

as Kruger

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