Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

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

1946 · 144 min · ★ 6.4 · Western, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by King Vidor · Written by David O. Selznick

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Cast

Jennifer Jones Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Lionel Barrymore Sen. Jackson McCanles
Herbert Marshall Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston The Sinkiller
Charles Bickford Sam Pierce
Harry Carey Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel Helen Langford
Tilly Losch Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen Vashti

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