Heritage of the Desert (1939)
Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.
73 min
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.
- Release date
- June 23, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Victor Young
Cast
- Donald Woods as John Abbott
- Evelyn Venable as Miriam Naab
- Russell Hayden as David Naab
- Robert Barrat as Andrew Naab
- Sidney Toler as Nosey Naab
- C. Henry Gordon as Henry Holderness
- Willard Robertson as Nebraska
- Paul Guilfoyle as Snap Thornton
- Paul Fix as Chick Chance
- John 'Skins' Miller as John Twerk
Crew
- Lesley Selander · Director
- Zane Grey · Writer
- Norman Houston · Writer
- Harrison Jacobs · Writer
- Harry Sherman · Producer
- Victor Young · Composer
- Russell Harlan · Cinematographer
- Sherman A. Rose · Editor