Heritage of the Desert

“Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.”

5.8(4)19391h 13m

Western

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

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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

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

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 ...