Boss of Hangtown Mesa
“BULLETS BLAST THE BADLANDS!...as a two-gun terror blazes the Western trail of the Telegraph!”
1942•58m•10.0•Released
Western
It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns were directed by the talented Joseph H. Lewis. Boss of Hangtown Mesa may not be in the same league as the Brown-Lewis classic Arizona Cyclone, but it comes awfully close. This time around, hero Steve Collins (Brown) comes to the aid of Betty Wilkins (Helen Deverell), who has taken over the telegraph-line business established by her uncle John (Henry Hall). The latter was murdered by outlaws who don't cotton to having the territory linked up electronically with the rest of the world.
Director
Joseph H. Lewis
Writer
Oliver Drake
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Johnny Mack Brown
Steve Collins
Fuzzy Knight
Dr. J. Wellington Dingle
William Farnum
Judge Ezra Binns
Rex Lease
Bert Lawler
Helen Deverell
Betty Wilkins
Hugh Prosser
Utah Kid
Robert Barron
Flash Hollister
Michael Vallon
Lawyer Clint Rayner
Henry Hall
John Wilkins
Fred Kohler Jr.
Henchman Clem
Nora Lou Martin
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