Guns for San Sebastian (1968) is a forgotten masterpiece in which Anthony Quinn, as an outlaw pretending to be a priest, saves a village of hardworking peasants from outlaws and Yaqui Indians. Unexpectedly profound for what is basically a Spaghetti Western filmed in Mexico. The movie was based on the novel A Wall For San Sebastian (1962) written by William Barnaby Faherty , a Jesuit priest who passed away in 2011.
Bonus:
Is this the western where there’s a Franciscan bishop who is correctly dressed, i.e. with a gray soutane with purple buttons, piping, and lining? I remember seeing that in a western from this approximate time but never knew the name.
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