WHEN THE WEST WAS YOUNG aka Heritage Of The West (1932) Randolf Scott & Sally Blane | Western | B&W

When The West Was Young is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Sally Blane.

SYNOPSIS
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. There is more trouble when Snap becomes jealous of Judy's attraction to the surveyor Jack. When Holderness has Snap killed, everyone heads to town for the showdown.

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 & CREW
Randolph Scott as Jack Hare
Sally Blane as Judy
J. Farrell MacDonald as Adam Naab
David Landau as Judson "Judd" Holderness
Gordon Westcott as Snap Naab
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Lefty
Vince Barnett as Windy

Directed by Henry Hathaway
Screenplay by Harold Shumate
Based on Heritage of the Desert (novel) by Zane Grey
Produced by Harold Hurley
Cinematography Archie Stout
Production company Paramount Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date September 30, 1932 (USA)
Running time 60 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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