Warlock (1959)

As in many genres, there’s a lot of sameness to be found amongst many Westerns, particularly the story of a lone lawman fighting off a gang of baddies. Here we have a gunslinger being hired to act as marshal and clear the town of their bad guys. The gunslinger and his companion (played by Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn respectively) aren’t really good guys themselves and the townspeople don’t really have authority to hire a marshal, but that only is a small obstacle in how things go down. As really the reason to watch this, Fonda and Quinn pull off an early bromance, with Quinn willing to make any sacrifice to elevate his friend.