Western ·Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1946 · 2h 24m

Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun poster
Director
King Vidor
Cast
Jennifer Jones as Pearl Chavez Joseph Cotten as Jesse McCanles Gregory Peck as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles Lionel Barrymore as Sen. Jackson McCanles Herbert Marshall as Scott Chavez Lillian Gish as Laura Belle McCanles
Crew
Lee Garmes — Director of Photography Ray Rennahan — Director of Photography Harold Rosson — Director of Photography Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer David O. Selznick — Screenplay Ben Hecht — Writer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Duel in the Sun — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
rapesexual obsessiondeath of fatherwoman between two menbrother against brotherskinny dippingfamilyoverbearing fatheroppositesbiracialwardcattle baron
Key Collaborators
King Vidor Director Lee Garmes Director of Photography Ray Rennahan Director of Photography Harold Rosson Director of Photography Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer David O. Selznick Screenplay Ben Hecht Writer Niven Busch Novel David O. Selznick Producer J. McMillan Johnson Production Design Walter Plunkett Costume Design
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