Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts.


Alright, so Heritage of the Desert is a pretty old one, from way back in 1932. If you're into classic Westerns, especially the kind based on Zane Grey books, then yeah, this is probably worth digging up. You'll get a real feel for how these stories were told way back when. But if you need big explosions or anything rem...

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"Alright, so Heritage of the Desert is a pretty old one, from way back in 1932. If you're into classic Westerns, especially the kind based on Zane Grey books, then yeah, this is probably worth digging up. You'll get a real feel for how these stories were told way back when. But if you need big explosions or anything remotely complicated in your plots, you'll probably just find yourself tapping your foot. The whole thing with Nabb and his control of the pass, that’s the *core* of it. It’s this du..."
Zane Grey, Harold Shumate, Frank Partos
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1931 · IMDb 5.8


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