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.
Writing | Stuart E. McGowan | Story |
Art | Ralph Oberg | Art Direction |
Camera | Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography |
Editing | Murray Seldeen | Editorial Services |
Writing | Olive Cooper | Screenplay |
Production | Al Wilson | Production Manager |
Directing | Joseph Santley | Director |
Writing | Albert Duffy | Screenplay |
Writing | Dorrell McGowan | Story |
Sound | Mort Glickman | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Jule Styne | Songs |
Writing | Eddie Cherkose | Lyricist |
Writing | Sol Meyer | Lyricist |