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Boss of Hangtown Mesa
“BULLETS BLAST THE BADLANDS!...as a two-gun terror blazes the Western trail of the Telegraph!”
10.0 / 10• 1942• 58m•NR• English
Western
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.
Cast & Crew
Johnny Mack Brown
Steve Collins
Lead
Fuzzy Knight
Dr. J. Wellington Dingle
William Farnum
Judge Ezra Binns
Rex Lease
Bert Lawler
HD
Helen Deverell
Betty Wilkins
Hugh Prosser
Utah Kid
Robert Barron
Flash Hollister
Michael Vallon
Lawyer Clint Rayner
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph H. Lewis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Boss of Hangtown Mesa is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
