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Wild Heritage

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.

Wild Heritage

Charles F. Haas
(as Charles Haas)

Paul King
Joseph Stone

Steve Frazee

John E. Horton

Philip H. Lathrop

Edward Mann

Universal International Pictures
  • August 1958 (1958-08)

78 minutes

United States

English

Plot[edit]

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).

as Judge Copeland

Will Rogers, Jr.

as Emma Breslin

Maureen O'Sullivan

as Dirk Breslin

Rod McKuen

as Rusty - Trail Boss

Casey Tibbs

as Callie Bascomb (as Judy Meredith)

Judi Meredith

as Jesse Bascomb

Troy Donahue

as Talbot Breslin

George Winslow

as 'Missouri' Breslin

Gigi Perreau

as Hugh Adam David Breslin

Gary Gray

as Ma (Janet) Bascomb

Jeanette Nolan

as Jake Birch

Paul Birch

as Arn - Rustler

John Beradino

Phil Harvey as Jud - Rustler

as Josh Burrage

Lawrence Dobkin

Stephen Ellsworth as Bolivar Bascomb

Ingrid Goude as Hilda Jansen - Blacksmith's Daughter

Christoper Dark as Brazos - Trail Drive Cowhand

Guy Wilkerson as Chaco - Trail Drive Cook

List of American films of 1958

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at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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