The Gunfight at Dodge City

Joel McCrea stars as Bat Masterson in this 1959 drama Western, where he plays a buffalo hunter who returns to his hometown after killing a man in self-defense and finds himself at odds with corrupt Sheriff Jim Regan. When Bat's brother Ed runs for sheriff, he is ambushed and killed by hired guns, leading Bat to take his place on the ballot and win the election, forcing him to navigate between his duties as sheriff and loyalty to his friends.