Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942)

It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Browns Universal westerns were directed by the talented Joseph H Lewis Boss of Hangtown Mesa may not be in the same league as the BrownLewis 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 telegraphline business established by her uncle John Henry Hall The latter was murdered by outlaws who dont cotton to having the territory linked up electronically with the rest of the world