''Heritage of the Desert'' is a 1932 American
Pre-Code Western film directed by
Henry Hathaway and starring
Randolph Scott and
Sally Blane.
This was the first movie that Henry Hathaway (director of the original ''
True Grit
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Fiction
* True Grit (novel), ''True Grit'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Charles Portis
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'') directed.
Filmed on location in
Red Rock Canyon State Park in California, ''Heritage of the Desert'' provided Randolph Scott with his first starring role. Released by
Paramount Pictures
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, the film is a remake of Paramount's successful silent version from 1924 which utilised early two-strip technicolor. One of hundreds of Paramount films made between 1929 and 1949, tied up in legal limbo by Universal which controls them.
Plot
Based on the novel ''Heritage of the Desert'' by
Zane Grey, the film is about a rancher whose spread includes the only way out of the valley where an outlaw is hiding a huge herd of stolen cattle. When the outlaw decides to challenge the rancher's claim to the land, the rancher stays one step ahead of him and hires a surveyor to remap and confirm the property lines.
Cast
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Randolph Scott as Jack Hare
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Sally Blane as Judy
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J. Farrell MacDonald
John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...
as Adam Naab
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David Landau as Judson "Judd" Holderness
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Gordon Westcott as Snap Naab
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Lefty
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Vince Barnett as Windy
References
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1932 films
Films based on works by Zane Grey
1932 directorial debut films
American black-and-white films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Henry Hathaway
Paramount Pictures films
1932 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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