Heritage of the Desert

1939 PG-13 1h 13m

6.6 / 10 5

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6.6/10

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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.

Director Lesley Selander

Writers

Zane Grey Norman Houston

Stars

Donald Woods Evelyn Venable Russell Hayden

Henchman Chick Chance

John 'Skins' Miller

Postmaster John Twerk

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Geronimo1967 22 Jun 2022

6/10

Though he had a tendency to verbosity, Zane Grey wrote some good Western adventure stories, and this one is quite decent too. Donald Woods is "Abbott" the last of a once wealthy family who is told by his lawyer that all that is left is some inhospitable land in the desert. When he goes off to investigate, he is shot - lands in some quicksand, and is lucky to be rescued by the "Naab" family. A bit ...