 This film had a working title of "A Man s Country" and was screened in L.A. for reviewing as "Rose of the Rio Grande",which is why some trade journals show that as the title. The title on the screening prints was changed to "God s Country and the Man" when released for distribution.When it was sold to television in the 1950 s, the title was changed to "Trail of the Law", because the same Monogram package of films also offered 1937 s "God s Country and the Man" that starred Tom Keene, and the 1931 title was changed to avoid confusion.Some source seems to think that the 1937 film is a remake of the 1931 film(it isn t, by a long ways), but they must have concluded that because the titles are the same.For certain, this source hasn t seen both films or would have known better.Monogram also made a film in 1937 called "Rose of the Rio Grande" and one with Jack Randall called "A Man s Country",using the working title and screening title of the 1931 film, but neither of those was a remake.This western, as were many written by Wellyn Totman,featured defined and better-written characters(relative speaking for the genre) than found in most series westerns and also some seldom-seen plot devices.Here, the villain(Alan Bridge) and the "sidekick"(George Hayes) roles slightly overshadow those of the hero and heroine: Texas Ranger Tex Malone(Tom Tyler), posing as outlaw Steve Collins,is sent to DeVina, an outlaw strongold on the Texas/Mexican border, to clean up an outlaw and rustling gang led by Livermore(Alan Bridge.) Tex asks the Ranger Captain(William Bertram)for "Stingaree" Kelly(George Hayes when he was still George Hayes), an outlaw captive of the Rangers, to accompany him, with the promise of a pardon if they accomplish their mission.U.S. Secret Agent Young(John Elliott)is working with the Mexican officials(one of whom is Gordon DeMain and his name is not "Slick")to the same end, and they send Lieutenant Jose Romero(Ted Adams)to DeVina.(Some source with a video tape that does not give the role names has found a unique way to spell "Romero", or else they have no concept of how Mexican names are pronounced or spelled.) The town is controlled by Livermore, an accomplished violinist who plays(rather badly)"The Waltz of Death" prior to the death of anyone who crosses him, and his definition of being crossed seems to include anybody he has to share a two-shot with.The "Rose" of the screening title is a saloon girl played by Betty Mack, whom Livermore treats like community property, but don t let him catch anybody talking to her, as that is a cue for Livermore to do some more violin screeching.Tex,before he finally puts a wrap on Livermore s reign of terror,keeps the off-balance Livermore reaching for his fiddle.Bridge, who was a member of the unofficial Preston Sturges stock company in all of Sturges  1940 s films,stays over-the-top as Livermore, but Hayes, as the good-guy Irishman outlaw "Stingaree" Kelly steals the film, without breaking a sweat, and gives ample proof as just how great he was as a straight character actor, long before his definitive sidekick roles of "Windy Halliday" and "Gabby Whittaker."