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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.
Top Billed 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
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