The Heritage of the Desert is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey.

It stars Bebe Daniels, Ernest Torrence, and Noah Beery.

[1] As described in a film magazine review,[2] Jack Hare, an Eastern lad, reaches an outlaw settlement in the far West, and is cast out into the desert by Holderness.

Jack is rescued by settler August Naab, against whom Holderness holds a grudge.

A complete print of The Heritage of the Desert is maintained in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.