Coroner Creek

Coroner Creek
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ray Enright
Screenplay by	Kenneth Gamet
Based on	the novel Coroner Creek 1946 novel by Luke Short
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Randolph Scott Marguerite Chapman
Cinematography	Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by	Harvey Manger
Music by	Rudy Schrager
Color process	Cinecolor
Production company	Producer-Actors Corporation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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.

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

External links

• Coroner Creek at IMDb
• Coroner Creek at the TCM Movie Database
• Coroner Creek at AllMovie
• Coroner Creek at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films