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'{{Short description|1950 film by Lesley Selander}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Rio Grande Patrol | image =File:Rio Grande Patrol.jpg | caption = | director = [[Lesley Selander]] | producer = | writer = | starring = [[Tim Holt]]<br>[[Tom Tyler]] | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|1950|10|21}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Rio Grande Patrol''''' is a 1950 [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Lesley Selander]] and starring [[Tim Holt]] and [[Tom Tyler]].<ref>{{TCMDb title|88329}}</ref><ref name="rko story">Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p253</ref> ==Plot== In the [[Old West]], Saloon owner, Fowler, is smuggling guns across the U.S. - Mexican border to outlaw, Bragg Orket, by hiding them inside the baggage of his dance-hall girls, including Peppie. Border agents Kansas Jones, and his pal, Chito Rafferty, accompany Captain Trevino to the train station to investigate. Bragg shoots Captain Trevino as the girls arrive at the station. Kansas and Chito chase Bragg who is intercepted by his gang and get away. Fowler breaks the news of Trevino's death to Sherry Bliss, one of his dance hall girls who is romantically involved with Trevino. Kansas and Chito discover, however, that Trevino survived the shooting and is recuperating at the doctor's office. Kansas and Chito head to Fowler's saloon and search the girls' costume trunks. Sherry tells Kansas that Trevino was suspicious of Fowler. Kansas tells Sherry Trevino is alive. Fowler arrives and tells Kansas and Chito to leave as they have no search warrant. Chito and dance hall girl Peppie are attracted to each other. Fowler heads to Bragg's hideout and tells him Trevino is not dead and he can't move the guns because he is under suspicion. He urges Bragg to take care of Kansas and Chito, but Bragg is reluctant to go back into town because he can be identified. The pair hire Bragg's henchman, Chet Yance, and instruct him to be at Fowler's saloon that evening. A gunfight ensues at the saloon. Kansas wounds Yance who rides away. Kansas and Chito now put the saloon under constant surveillance. Fowler closes the saloon and tells his girls they are headed to Monterrey, Mexico. Sherry tells Fowler she intends to marry Trevino and is leaving his employment as soon as they arrive in Monterrey. Kansas and Chito confront Fowler on his way to the border. Kansas escorts him while Chito watches the saloon. At the border, and outside his jurisdiction, Kansas withdraws. Yance accosts Kansas and escorts him to Bragg's hideout. Kansas is taken prisoner and told he will be "target practice" once the smuggled guns arrive. The gang leaves Yance to guard Kansas. Kansas' horse, Lady, escapes back to town putting Chito and a recovered Trevino on notice. Against medical advice, Trevino, accompanied by Chito, with Lady in tow, heads for Bragg's. As the pair near the hideout, Kansas hears Lady whinny. Chito baits Yance to come out, knocks him down, and rescues Kansas, who then shoots and kills Yance as he rides off. Kansas and Chito head for Fowler's saloon where they see Bragg and his gang loading a wagon with crates. A gunfight ensues. Kansas and Chito overcome the gang and subdue Bragg just as Trevino arrives to make the arrest. Sherry and Trevino are married. Peppie catches the bridal bouquet causing Chito to hurriedly ride away. Kansas bids farewell to join Chito and extradite Bragg. ==Cast== * [[Tim Holt]] as Kansas Jones * [[Richard Martin (RKO actor)|Richard Martin]] as Chito Rafferty * [[Jane Nigh]] as Sherry Bliss * [[Tom Tyler]] as Chet Yance * [[Douglas Fowley]] as Bragg Orket * [[Rick Vallin]] as Captain Alberto Trevino * [[John Holland (actor, born 1908)|John Holland]] as Fowler * [[Cleo Moore]] as Peppie * Larry Johns as Dr. A.M. Reynolds * [[Harry Harvey Sr.]] as Station Master ==Production== Cleo Moore did 16 hours of dancing during filming, causing her to come down with bruises on her feet. Doctors ordered her to rest for five days.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dancer Bruises Legs in Strenuous Can-Can|work=Chicago Daily Tribune|date=Sep 3, 1950|page=w_a6}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|0042896}} {{Lesley Selander}} [[Category:1950 films]] [[Category:1950 Western (genre) films]] [[Category:RKO Pictures films]] [[Category:American Western (genre) films]] [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:1950s English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Lesley Selander]] [[Category:1950s American films]] {{1950s-Western-film-stub}}'