The Iron Sheriff (1957)

Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff In the aftermath of a robberymurder Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son Benjie Sworn to uphold the law at all costs Galt is grimly determined to see that Benjie will receive a fair trial without any coercion on his part But the townsfolk have already decided that the sheriff will try to spring the boy and a lynchmob mentality slows festers its way through the community As the trial proceeds it becomes obvious that Benjie is going to hang for his alleged crime but theres still one or two surprises in store