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Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 21, 1942

Runtime

0h 58m

Genres

Western

Original Title

Boss of Hangtown Mesa

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Director

Joseph H. Lewis

Description

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.