The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio is a 1941 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by William Lively.

The film stars George Houston as the Lone Rider and Al St. John as his sidekick "Fuzzy" Jones, with Roquell Verria, Charles King, Julian Rivero and Stephen Chase.

[3] Houston, once an opera singer, sang three songs in this film: "It's a Gay Fiesta", "Git Along Cowboy" and "I'm Pancho, the Mexican Bandit".

[2] Tom, The Lone Rider, is hiding from bad guys in Mexico with his friend Fuzzy.

While there, Tom and Fuzzy agree to help the son of a Mexican mayor fake his kidnapping so he can continue an affair the young man is having with a cabaret singer despite his father's objections.