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.
Rio Grande is of 0 hour(s) and 58 minute(s). It is Produced By: Columbia Pictures. It was released on 1938-12-08. It has the tagline: Adventures Gallops To Roaring Tunes Of The Plains! It has an average vote of 3 on TMDB.
Genres: Western
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