Ride a Crooked Trail

Fugitive bank robber Joe Maybe assumes the identity of a dead marshal after he rides into a town whose judge asks Joe to act as town marshal, but an old flame almost betrays his real identity, forcing Joe to claim she's his wife.

Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 drama western movie directed by Jesse Hibbs, starring Walter Matthau, Audie Murphy, Gia Scala. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 1,482 votes and runs 1h 28m.