Good Day For A Hanging (1959)

In a small Nebraska town, the local bank is held up by outlaws. A posse goes after them and the town marshal (Emile Meyer) is killed but one (Robert Vaughn) of the bandits is shot and brought back to town to stand trial for the murder of the sheriff. The new Marshal (Fred MacMurray) must not only deal with convicting the outlaw (he's the only witness to the killing) but the fact that his daughter (Joan Blackman) is in love with the killer. Based on the short story THE RELUCTANT HANGMAN by John H. Reese and directed by Nathan Juran (7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD). A minor but above average western that has more on its mind than shoot 'em up. Juran brings genuine tension as we not sure of Vaughn's guilt and begin to wonder about MacMurray's motives in getting the boy hung. It's decently acted although Vaughn's "method" acting seems out of sync with both the rest of the cast and the era. With Margaret Hayes, James Drury, Denver Pyle and Kathryn Card.