

Heritage of the Desert
Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.
Overview
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.
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
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Cast

Donald Woods
John Abbott

Evelyn Venable
Miriam Naab

Russell Hayden
David Naab

Robert Barrat
Andrew Naab

Sidney Toler
Nosey

C. Henry Gordon
Henry Holderness

Willard Robertson
Henchman Nebraska

Paul Guilfoyle
Snap Thornton

Paul Fix
Henchman Chick Chance

John 'Skins' Miller
Postmaster John Twerk

Reginald Barlow
Judge Stevens

Hank Bell
Wedding Guest

Charles Brinley
Wedding Guest

Rod Cameron
Cowhand

Frank Ellis
Wedding Guest

Charles Murphy
Wedding Guest

Tex Phelps
Wedding Guest
Crew
- Director
- Lesley Selander
- Writers
- Norman Houston
- Producers
- Harry Sherman
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Composer
- Victor Young
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CinemaSerf
June 22, 2022
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 of a love triangle ensues, as our determined young man decides to reclaim his property from those sc…


