Coroner Creek

Coroner Creek is an American 1948 Cinecolor 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.

Hotel owner Kate Hardison Marguerite Chapman asks him to escort home Abbie Barbara Read, the inebriated wife of rich rancher Younger Miles George Macready, but his motives are mistaken and Chris is beaten by Youngers men. A widow, Della Sally Eilers, tells him that Younger is trying to drive her off her land, and Chris begins to believe Younger could be the man hes after.Younger and his men kill a friend of Chriss and the sheriff as well, also setting a fire that leads to Della losing all her cattle. A showdown ensues and Chris gets the best of it, returning to town and to a possible romance with Kate. ........

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