
Duel in the Sun
1946
Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !
Directed by King Vidor
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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.
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- Director
- King Vidor
- Written by
- Niven Busch, David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht
- Produced by
- David O. Selznick
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Cinematographers
- Harold Rosson, Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan
- Studios
- The Selznick Studio, Vanguard Films
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Language
- en
- Also known as
- King Vidor's Duel in the Sun, Lust in the Dust
- TMDB
- 6.3/10 (187 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 79% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.7/10 (10,300 votes)
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

Scott McKay
Sid

Otto Kruger
Mr. Langford

Sidney Blackmer
The Lover

Charles Dingle
Sheriff Hardy

Griff Barnett
Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
John Barton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew

King Vidor
Director

David O. Selznick
Screenplay

Ben Hecht
Writer

Niven Busch
Novel

Oliver H.P. Garrett
Adaptation

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer

Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Ray Rennahan
Director of Photography
J. McMillan Johnson
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