# Boss of Rawhide

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{{short description|1943 film directed by Elmer Clifton}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Boss of Rawhide
| image          = Boss of Rawhide poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Elmer Clifton](/source/Elmer_Clifton)
| producer       = Alfred Stern
| screenplay     = Elmer Clifton
| starring       = [Dave O'Brien](/source/Dave_O'Brien_(actor))<br>[James Newill](/source/James_Newill)<br>[Guy Wilkerson](/source/Guy_Wilkerson)<br>[Nell O'Day](/source/Nell_O'Day)<br>Ed Cassidy<br>[Jack Ingram](/source/Jack_Ingram_(actor))
| cinematography = [Robert E. Cline](/source/Robert_E._Cline)
| editing        = [Charles Henkel Jr.](/source/Charles_Henkel_Jr.)
| studio         = Alexander-Stern Productions
| distributor    = [Producers Releasing Corporation](/source/Producers_Releasing_Corporation)
| released       = {{Film date|1943|11|20}}
| runtime        = 57 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}

'''''Boss of Rawhide''''' is a 1943 American [Western film](/source/Western_film) written and directed by [Elmer Clifton](/source/Elmer_Clifton). The film stars [Dave O'Brien](/source/Dave_O'Brien_(actor)), [James Newill](/source/James_Newill), [Guy Wilkerson](/source/Guy_Wilkerson), [Nell O'Day](/source/Nell_O'Day), Ed Cassidy and [Jack Ingram](/source/Jack_Ingram_(actor)). The film was released on November 20, 1943, by [Producers Releasing Corporation](/source/Producers_Releasing_Corporation).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69453/boss-of-rawhide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129092310/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69453/Boss-of-Rawhide/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |title=Boss of Rawhide (1943) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hal Erickson |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/boss-of-rawhide-v85752 |title=Boss of Rawhide (1944) - Elmer Clifton |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/8556-BOSS-OFRAWHIDE |title=Boss of Rawhide |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref>

==Plot==
The boss of the Rawhide district of Texas is extorting farmers and small ranchers as well as murdering them with a sniper rifle when they do not pay. The Texas Rangers enter Rawhide to bring justice undercover; Tex as a tramp and Jim and Panhandle as members of a [minstrel show](/source/minstrel_show).

==Cast==          
*[Dave O'Brien](/source/Dave_O'Brien_(actor)) as Tex Wyatt 
*[James Newill](/source/James_Newill) as Jim Steele 
*[Guy Wilkerson](/source/Guy_Wilkerson) as Panhandle Perkins
*[Nell O'Day](/source/Nell_O'Day) as Mary Colby
*Ed Cassidy as Henry Colby 
*[Jack Ingram](/source/Jack_Ingram_(actor)) as Sam Barrett
*[Billy Bletcher](/source/Billy_Bletcher) as Jed Bones
*[Charles King](/source/Charles_King_(character_actor)) as Frank Hade 
*[George Chesebro](/source/George_Chesebro) as Joe Gordon
*[Robert F. Hill](/source/Robert_F._Hill) as Captain John Wyatt 
*[Dan White](/source/Dan_White_(actor)) as Minstrel
*Lucille Vance as Widow Perriwinkle

==See also==
The Texas Rangers series:
# [The Rangers Take Over](/source/The_Rangers_Take_Over) (1942)
# [Bad Men of Thunder Gap](/source/Bad_Men_of_Thunder_Gap) (1943)
# [West of Texas](/source/West_of_Texas) (1943)
# [Border Buckaroos](/source/Border_Buckaroos) (1943)
# [Fighting Valley](/source/Fighting_Valley) (1943)
# [Trail of Terror](/source/Trail_of_Terror) (1943)
# [The Return of the Rangers](/source/The_Return_of_the_Rangers) (1943)
# Boss of Rawhide (1943)
# [Outlaw Roundup](/source/Outlaw_Roundup) (1944)
# [Guns of the Law](/source/Guns_of_the_Law) (1944)
# [The Pinto Bandit](/source/The_Pinto_Bandit) (1944)
# [Spook Town](/source/Spook_Town) (1944)
# [Brand of the Devil](/source/Brand_of_the_Devil) (1944)
# [Gunsmoke Mesa](/source/Gunsmoke_Mesa) (1944)
# [Gangsters of the Frontier](/source/Gangsters_of_the_Frontier) (1944)
# [Dead or Alive](/source/Dead_or_Alive_(1944_film)) (1944)
# [The Whispering Skull](/source/The_Whispering_Skull_(film)) (1944)
# [Marked for Murder](/source/Marked_for_Murder) (1945)
# [Enemy of the Law](/source/Enemy_of_the_Law) (1945)
# [Three in the Saddle](/source/Three_in_the_Saddle) (1945)
# [Frontier Fugitives](/source/Frontier_Fugitives) (1945)
# [Flaming Bullets](/source/Flaming_Bullets) (1945)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0036664|Boss of Rawhide}}

{{Elmer Clifton}}

Category:1943 films
Category:1943 English-language films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1943 Western (genre) films
Category:Producers Releasing Corporation films
Category:Films directed by Elmer Clifton
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1943 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films

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