It's interesting that I watched another Gene Autry film, "Saddle Pals" before I watched "Robin Hood of Texas" because many of the cast members are the same....the Cass County Boys, Lynne Roberts as well as Sterling Holloway. Considering that both films were made by Republic in 1947, this isn't totally surprising. What is surprising is that Holloway plays a hypochondriac in both!
When the story begins, Gene and his friends (the Cass County Boys) are broke and need money fast. A man offers them $40 to sing outside his store and they quickly take this job. But the man turns out to be a crook and he wanted the band to sing to distract folks from a robbery! Not surprisingly, the law thinks Gene and his pals were in on it...but without a lot of evidence they decide to let them out of jail...hoping that they'll soon meet up with the robbers. Oddly, and for no logical reason at all, one of the robbers DOES show up at the dude ranch Gene and his friends operate...and soon more follow.
Overall, this is an enjoyable change of pace. Sure, the fact that the gang shows up at the dude ranch makes little sense...but if you ignore that, you'll likely enjoy this murder mystery western.
