A REALLY good old western, Henry Fonda, "The Tin Star"
I'm pretty sure I've never seen this. Anthony Perkins plays a bumbling, stupid, wannabe sheriff Fonda is an ex-sheriff turned bounty hunter.
From Wiki:
1957 American
western film based on a short story, directed in
VistaVision by
Anthony Mann and starring
Henry Fonda and
Anthony Perkins, in one of Perkins' first roles. The film became one of the few low-budget westerns to be nominated for the
Oscar for
Best Writing, Story or Screenplay. Since its release, the film has become one of the classics of the genre.