There Was A Crooked Man (1970, Joseph Mankiewicz) Think it was Auden who said
The desires of the heart is as crooked as corkscrews. This is a Western by one of the most literate directors to ever work in Hollywood. Why people continually expect John Ford or Sergio Leone melodramas baffles me. See Mel Brooks'
Blazing Saddles for straight-up buffoonery. This is egghead territory.