Gunfight at Comanche Creek

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Gunfight at Comanche Creek
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Directed by Frank McDonald
Screenplay by Edward Bernds
Produced byBen Schwalb
Starring Audie Murphy
Narrated by Reed Hadley
Cinematography Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by William Austin
Music by Marlin Skiles
Color process Color by Deluxe
Production
company
Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • November 6, 1963 (1963-11-06)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gunfight at Comanche Creek is a 1963 American Western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Audie Murphy. [1] [2]

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Plot

A gang of Colorado bank robbers led by Amos Troop uses a technique where they break prisoners out of jail, use them to commit crimes, then later kill them to collect the reward. A detective, Gifford, goes undercover with the gang to bring them to justice.

Saloon owner Abbie Stevens takes a liking to Gifford while he infiltrates the gang. So does a young outlaw, Kid Carter, who goes to the town's marshal to get help for Gifford, only to discover the marshal's actually the ringleader of the gang. Help arrives in the nick of time, and Gifford guns down Troop and his men.

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References

  1. Gunfight at Comanche Creek at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  2. p. 194 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd The Films of Audie Murphy McFarland, 19 Aug. 2009