Boss of Rawhide is a 1943 English-language Action Adventure film directed by Elmer Clifton and produced by Alfred Stern under the banner of Alexander-Stern Productions. Boss of rawhide features Dave O'brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Nell O'day, Ed Cassidy, Jack Ingram and Slim Whitaker. The screenplay is written by Elmer Clifton. Cinematography was done by Robert E. Cline and editing by Charles Henkel Jr. The film has a running time of 57 minutes. It was released on 20th November 1943. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Producers Releasing Corporation. In the 8th film of the 22-film series, Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt, Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins are sent to the district of Rawhide to investigate the killings of several ranchers. Tex enters the town posing as a tramp while the other two Rangers join a troupe of itinerant minstrels. Tex, convinced that while they may find the killer, it will not prevent further harassment of the poorer ranchers, and he returns to the Ranger station and persuades his father, Texas Ranger Captain John Wyatt, to take a leave of absence and go to Rawhide and run for Land Commissioner. Tex and his father meet Henry Colby, the wealthiest landholder in the district, who has been advised by his ranch foreman, Frank Hade, and Sam Barrett, the boss of Rawhide, that the nesters are the cause of all the lawlessness. At a meeting, preceded by the dullest, most demeaning minstrel show ever filmed, Captain Wyatt is shot (a fate that should have befallen the minstrels) and the bullet is found to be the same caliber as that used in the earlier killings, although Wyatt is only wounded. Mary Colby, riding the range, s Barrett attempt to kill Tex using a rifle. Realizing he has been identified, Barrett hurries back to town where he meets the other gang members, and they prepare to fight against the Rangers. Written by Les Adams