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 as well 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.
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