Showdown At Boot Hill (1958)

A Deputy Marshal and bounty hunter (Charles Bronson) rides into town on the trail of an outlaw (Thomas Browne Henry) wanted for killing three men. He kills the wanted man in a fair fight but the townspeople liked the deceased and turn against the Marshal by refusing to identify the dead man thereby stopping him from collecting his bounty. Directed by Gene Fowler Jr. (I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE), this minor B western manages to be different from the usual western in that it's character driven. It would make a good double feature with Jack Arnold's NO NAME ON THE BULLET (1959). I won't/can't make any claims that it's anything special but it's a solid effort. We get to see the young pre-stardom Charles Bronson in a leading role, there's the crisp Cinemascope B&W cinematography by John M. Nikolaus Jr. (ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES) and the screenplay is reasonably intelligent. With Carole Mathews, John Carradine, Robert Hutton, Mike Mason and Fintan Meyler.