Which Western Movie Is This?

[therachaelemma]

I am trying to find out which movie a particular scene is from.

All I know is it was shown in the early to mid 50s.

The scene is as follows:
In a church, the collection plate is going around and a man gets his gun out and points it at all the people on his row and threatens them to put more money in the plate!

Any help locating the film would be really appreciated!!

[webbo3]

Ive had a look and found this from a film called Fair Play, this is a small synopsis.

Meanwhile, there are two cowboys approaching the church on horseback, taking turns drinking from a bottle of whiskey as they go. One of the cowboys is Gimp Murphy (Hugh Feagin). They dismount and approach the church, where two men are about to enter the front door. The two men are the ushers, tasked with passing the collection plates. Gimp and his partner disable and tie up the ushers and take their places, entering the church and awaiting the preacher's cue to start passing the plates.

Ma Purvis (Sadie French) is so taken with the preacher's sermon, that she tells her husband Jova Purvis (Robert Middleton) to not only make a contribution from his little coin purse, but to add the "mine money." Jova reluctantly takes an envelope from his jacket pocket and drops it into the collection plate. As Gimp and his partner slip out the door with the money, the preacher sees them and calls the alarm. The congregation rushes out after them. The preacher grabs a rifle and shoots at the cowboys as they ride away on their horses. He hits Gimp's partner, mortally wounding him, but the man manages to stay on his horse. Someone calls out that the cowboys are headed for Fairplay.

Can you remember any more, actors, actresses, black and white or colour.


Dave.

[Chinajan]

Sound like Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry.

[therachaelemma]

Thanks Dave, it's not that film, it was a film from the 50s. Black and white I think. It's for my boss, and that's all he can remember from it.

Thanks