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Coroner Creek

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Coroner Creek
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRay Enright
Screenplay byKenneth Gamet
Based onthe novel Coroner Creek
1946 novel
by Luke Short
Produced byHarry Joe Brown
StarringRandolph Scott
Marguerite Chapman
CinematographyFred Jackman Jr.
Edited byHarvey Manger
Music byRudy Schrager
Color processCinecolor
Production
company
Producer-Actors Corporation
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Coroner Creek is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott and Marguerite Chapman. It was based on the novel of the same name by Luke Short.

Plot

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After his fiancée is abducted from a stagecoach and ends up dead, Chris Danning rides into the town of Coroner Creek seeking the man responsible.

Hotel owner Kate Hardison asks him to escort home Abbie, the inebriated wife of rich rancher Younger Miles, but his motives are mistaken and Chris is beaten by Younger's men. A widow, Della, tells him that Younger is trying to drive her off her land, and Chris begins to believe Younger could be the man he's after.

Younger and his men kill a friend of Chris's and the sheriff as well, also setting a fire that leads to Della losing all her cattle. A showdown ensues and Chris defeats Younger and returns to town and to a possible romance with Kate.

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