Rating: NR
Genre:
Western
Release Date: 11/20/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 71 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Image
Smugglers are working the border between Mexico and California in this
action-filled and, of course, tuneful
Gene Autry Western.
Autry, sidekick
Sterling Holloway, and
the Cass County Boys get involved with fiery Elena Del Rio (
Adele Mara), a singer in the local cantina who alternately throws knives at them and helps catch a gang of jewel smugglers taking advantage of local refugees. Chasing in and out of Joshua Tree National Monument, our heroes go up against a couple of supposedly law-abiding citizens, a peon (
Martin Garralaga) who isn't what he pretends to be, and the local rural residents. Happily, everyone takes time out from the mayhem to perform
Jack Elliott's
"Twilight on the Rio Grande" and
"The Pretty Knife Grinder," Smiley Burnette's
"It's My Lazy Day" and
"Great Grand Dad," Nat Simon and
Charles Tobias'
"The Old Lamplighter" and a couple of other selections. In addition to Joshua Tree National Monument,
Twilight on the Rio Grande was filmed at Victorville, CA.
~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide