

Boss of Hangtown Mesa
BULLETS BLAST THE BADLANDS!...as a two-gun terror blazes the Western trail of the Telegraph!
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.
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
Work Camp Singer
Storyline
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.
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