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Heritage of the Desert

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Original title

Year

1939

Running time

73 min.

Country

United States

Director

Lesley Selander

Screenwriter

Zane Grey, Norman Houston, Harrison Jacobs

Cast

Music

Victor Young

Cinematography

Russell Harlan (B&W)

Producer

Harry Sherman Productions. Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Favorite Films, Unity Television [USA], Reel Media International, Alpha Video Distributors [USA]

Genre

Western. Action. Drama

Synopsis

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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Heritage of the Desert

1939

Lesley Selander