Excerpt: [Who knew we were supposed to take these things 'seriously'!]
In Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry (Oxford University Press, 2007), Holly George-Warren writes:
“South of the Border, like Rovin’ Tumbleweeds directed by George Sherman, has a topical plot. As incognito federal agents, Gene and Smiley uncover a scheme to capture Mexican oil fields by foreign spies manning a secret submarine base. Just like the song that inspired it, the film comes to a tragic end when Gene’s love interest Delores (Lupita Tovar), sister of the revolutionary aiding the spies (Duncan Renaldo), joins a convent.”
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