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Wild Heritage

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Wild Heritage
Directed byCharles F. Haas
(as Charles Haas)
Screenplay byPaul King
Joseph Stone
Based onSteve Frazee
Produced byJohn E. Horton
StarringWill Rogers, Jr.
Maureen O'Sullivan
Rod McKuen
CinematographyPhilip H. Lathrop
Edited byEdward Mann
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Universal International Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 1958 (1958-08)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wild Heritage is a 1958 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring Will Rogers, Jr., Maureen O'Sullivan and Rod McKuen.

Plot

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Emma Breslin (O'Sullivan) and her family cross the plains in a covered wagon. They make the fateful decision to pause in a lawless western town where Emma's husband, Jake (Paul Birch), is shot by rustlers Arn (John Beradino) and Jud. But folksy Judge Copeland (Rogers) persuades them to go on. At Break Wagon Hill, their wagon does just that and they decide to homestead on the spot.

The movie follows the trials and joys of Emma and her family, as well as those of their neighbors, the Bascombs (Donahue and Jeanette Nolan). Finally, violence reappears when Arn and Jud show up on their homestead, leading to a showdown with the Breslin Boys (McKuen, Gary Gray and George Winslow).

Cast

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