Coroner Creek (1948)

Name: Coroner Creek
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-07-01
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Randolph Scott, Marguerite Chapman, George Macready, Sally Eilers, Edgar Buchanan

Coroner Creek (1948), directed by Ray Enright, starring Randolph Scott and Marguerite Chapman.

07/01/1948 BR Western 1h 30m

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Synopsis

A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.

Fred Jackman Jr.Cinematography
Ray EnrightDirector
Harvey MangerEditing
Harry Joe BrownProducer

About the film

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.

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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

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.

Sheriff O'Hea witnesses Younger strike his daughter, causing him to re-evaluate his position as sheriff, deciding to no longer be one of Younger's pawns, whilst Abbie leaves Younger.

Younger and his men kill Andy West, one of Della's hired hands who Chris has become friends with, as well as the sheriff after the sheriff takes Younger's two gunmen into jail to be given a fair trial, Younger also has his men set a fire that leads to Della losing all her cattle.

A showdown ensues in the town hall in which Chris throws a dagger used in the raid which killed his fiancée at Younger and tells him to take it, Younger attempts to flee up a ladder but one of the rungs break just as Chris is about to shoot, sending Younger plummeting to the floor below, killing himself when the dagger is thrust into his chest from the impact. Chris leaves the hall and to a possible romance with Kate.

Cast

Randolph Scott as Chris Danning

Marguerite Chapman as Kate Hardison

George Macready as Younger Miles

Sally Eilers as Della Harms

Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff O'Hea

Barbara Reed as Abbie Miles

Wallace Ford as Andy West

Forrest Tucker as Ernie Combs

Joe Sawyer as Frank Yordy

William Bishop as Leach Conover

Russell Simpson as Walt Hardison

Douglas Fowley as Stew Shallis

Lee Bennett as Tip Henry

References

External links

Coroner Creek at IMDb

Coroner Creek at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Coroner Creek at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Text from Coroner Creek on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner_Creek

Trivia

It premiered on July 1, 1948, a Thursday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.