5.8
Rocky Mountain
1950
“Zane Grey's pen... again sends a devil-may-care youth... on an exciting trail of adventure and romance.”
Heritage of the Desert (1939)
June 23, 19391h 13mEN
6.6
5 votes
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.
Director
Lesley SelanderWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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N/A
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Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
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6.0Though 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 scheming to take it (and it's wealth). This is a much better than average effort. The screen adaptatio…
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