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The Heritage of the Desert
1924
· Movie
· 60 min
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An Eastern tenderfoot, weak from tuberculosis, comes to the arid Southwest to recover his health. He is taken in by a rancher and his daughter. He learns the ways of the desert, becomes strong, and falls in love. He must then prove his worth by helping the ranch family defend their water rights and their land from a greedy and violent land grabber.
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- Director
- Irvin Willat
- Writer
- Albert S. Le Vino
- Based on
- a work by Zane Grey
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 23 January 1924
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 60 min
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