Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun (1946)

23/05/1947 (GB)
Western, Drama, Romance
2h 24m

Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !

Overview

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

  • King VidorDirector
  • Ben HechtWriter
  • David O. SelznickScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $6,000,000

  • Revenue

    $20,400,000

Keywords

  • rape
  • sexual obsession
  • death of father
  • woman between two men
  • brother against brother
  • skinny dipping
  • family
  • overbearing father
  • opposites
  • biracial
  • ward
  • cattle baron
  • half breed
  • mixed race child
  • father son conflict
  • land dispute
  • brothers
  • american indian
  • adopted girl
  • railroad construction
  • good and evil
  • sexy woman
  • orphan teenage girl

Top Billed Cast

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Pearl Chavez

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Jesse McCanles

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Lewton "Lewt" McCanles

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Sen. Jackson McCanles

Herbert Marshall

Herbert Marshall

Scott Chavez

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Laura Belle McCanles

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

The Sinkiller

Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

Sam Pierce

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Lem Smoot

Joan Tetzel

Joan Tetzel

Helen Langford

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