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Heritage Of The Desert (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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When Chicago geoIogist John Abbott traveIs to the Arizona desert ranch he has inherited, he Iearns that crooks, Ied by Henry HoIderness, are attempting to steaI it from him. HoIderness hires a gunman to intercept Abbott on the trail and kiII him. After being shot and Ieft for dead, Abbott is rescued from certain death by cowboys from the ranch of Andrew Naab, who happens to be involved in a Iong-standing feud with Holderness. The Naabs nurse the wounded man back to health and teach him to shoot. With his own score to settIe, Abbott agrees to fight alongside the Naab famiIy in their war with the outlaw gang.
Heritage of the Desert is a superior Western with a large cast of interesting characters. BeautifuI EveIyn VenabIe (Death Takes A Holiday - 1934), rugged DonaId Woods (l Was a Prisoner on Devil's lsland - 1941), Robert Barrat (Last of the Mohicans - 1936), and the beloved star of dozens of Charlie Chan movies, Sidney Toler, alI bring a naturalism and depth to a wonderful script by Norman Houston. The five-time Oscar nominated cinematographer RusselI Harlan (The Big Sky - 1952, Blackboard Jungle - 1955, Hatari - 1962, The Great Race - 1965 and Hawaii - 1966) makes the most of the stark beauty of the desert Iandscapes in which this powerfuI film is set. |
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