Heritage of the Desert

Heritage of the Desert (1939)

Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.

  • Genre: Western
  • Release Date: 1939-06-23
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 13min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lesley Selander
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From 4 Ratings
6.6

Summary

John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance, he is befriended by rancher Andrew Naab and his son, Marvin. Naab's daughter, Marian, falls in love with John but is about to marry Snap Thornton to keep a promise made by her father. She runs away on her wedding day but is captured and held hostage by outlaw Henry Holderness. John, the Naabs and fellow ranchers rush to her rescue.

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  • Donald Woods

    as John Abbott
  • Evelyn Venable

    as Miriam Naab
  • Russell Hayden

    as David Naab
  • Robert Barrat

    as Andrew Naab
  • Sidney Toler

    as Nosey
  • C. Henry Gordon

    as Henry Holderness
  • Willard Robertson

    as Henchman Nebraska
  • Paul Guilfoyle

    as Snap Thornton
  • Paul Fix

    as Henchman Chick Chance
  • John "Skins" Miller

    as Postmaster John Twerk
  • Reginald Barlow

    as Judge Stevens
  • Hank Bell

    as Wedding Guest
  • Charles Brinley

    as Wedding Guest
  • Rod Cameron

    as Cowhand
  • Frank Ellis

    as Wedding Guest
  • Frankie Marvin

    as Musician
  • Charles Murphy

    as Wedding Guest
  • Tex Phelps

    as Wedding Guest
Directing Lesley Selander Director
Writing Zane Grey Novel
Writing Norman Houston Screenplay
Production Harry Sherman Producer
Production J.D. Trop Associate Producer
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer
Camera Russell Harlan Director of Photography
Editing Sherman A. Rose Editor
Art Lewis J. Rachmil Art Direction
Directing Derwin Abrahams Assistant Director
Directing Theodore Joos Assistant Director
Sound William A. Wilmarth Sound

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