''Western Heritage'' is a 1948 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by

Wallace Grissell Wallace Grissell (3 September 1904 – 5 April 1954) was a British director and editor. Filmography *'' The Tiger Woman'' (1944) *''Marshal of Reno'' (1944) *''Haunted Harbor'' (1944) *''Vigilantes of Dodge City'' (1944) *''Zorro's Black Whip ...

. The film is a

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning mo ...

B Western about land robbers and forgers in the southwest. Although based on an original screenplay the film features Chito Rafferty from RKO's earlier

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontie ...

series.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story''. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p228

Cast

as Ross Daggert * Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty *

Nan Leslie Nanette June Leslie (June 4, 1926 – July 30, 2000) was an American actress. She was known for playing Martha McGivern in the American western television series '' The Californians''. Life and career Leslie was born in Los Angeles, Cali ...

as Beth Winston *

Lois Andrews Lois Andrews (born Lorraine Gourley; March 24, 1924 – April 5, 1968) was an American actress who played in films during the 1940s and early 1950s. She is perhaps best known for her first role in 1943 as the comic strip character Dixie Dugan ...

as Cleo Raymond * Tony Barrett as Henchman Trigg McCord *

Walter Reed Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than b ...

as Joe Powell, forger * Harry Woods as Arnold, fake Joe Powell * Tom Keene as Saloon owner Spade Thorne * Jason Robards, Sr. as Judge Henry C. Winston *

Robert Bray Robert E. Bray (October 23, 1917 – March 7, 1983) was an American film and television actor known for playing the forest ranger Corey Stuart in the CBS series '' Lassie'', He also starred in ''Stagecoach West'' and as Mike Hammer in the mo ...

as Henchman Pike * Perc Launders as Sheriff Claibourne

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $5,000.

References

External links

* 1948 films 1948 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films shot in Lone Pine, California RKO Pictures films Films scored by Paul Sawtell Films directed by Wallace Grissell 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub