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Duel in the Sun is a 1946 American epic psychological Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, and Lionel Barrymore.
Duel in the Sun: Directed by King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle, Sidney Franklin, William Cameron Menzies, David O. Selznick, Josef von Sternberg. With Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle
- 1947-11-21
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.
Based on a Niven Bush potboiler and directed by King Vidor (along with several others), the film tells the tale of half-breed femme fatale Pearl Chavez, a woman whose passion and hopes for a better life are doomed by her heritage and a script straight out of a soap opera.
Duel in the Sun is predominantly directed by King Vidor and is produced and written by David O. Selznick who adapts (with help from H.P. Garrett & Ben Hecht) from Niven Busch's novel.
1946 USA Directed by King Vidor Produced by David O. Selznick Written by David O. Selznick Featuring Orson Welles, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten
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Laura Belle (Lillian Gish) is the female cousin, a weak woman who hasn't been happy in her marriage to the Senator Jackson McCanles (Lionel Barrymore). Jesse offers to teach Pearl, but he doesn't carry it out. He feels attracted to her as well. Lewt dares Pearl to ride an unsaddled horse.
