Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Aug 21, 1942

0h 58m

★ 0.0

BULLETS BLAST THE BADLANDS!...as a two-gun terror blazes the Western trail of the Telegraph!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Steve Collins

Johnny Mack Brown

Dr. J. Wellington Dingle

Fuzzy Knight

Judge Ezra Binns

William Farnum

Bert Lawler

Rex Lease

Betty Wilkins

Helen Deverell

Utah Kid

Hugh Prosser

Flash Hollister

Robert Barron

Lawyer Clint Rayner

Michael Vallon

John Wilkins

Henry Hall

Henchman Clem

Fred Kohler Jr.

Work Camp Singer

Nora Lou Martin

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