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Heritage of the Desert (1939)

NR ★ 6.6/10 73 min Western United States English
Novel: Zane Grey
Screenplay by: Norman Houston
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Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Donald Woods
Donald Woods John Abbott
Evelyn Venable
Evelyn Venable Miriam Naab
Russell Hayden
Russell Hayden David Naab
Robert Barrat
Robert Barrat Andrew Naab
Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler Nosey
C. Henry Gordon
C. Henry Gordon Henry Holderness
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson Henchman Nebraska
Paul Guilfoyle
Paul Guilfoyle Snap Thornton

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