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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.
1946 USA Directed by King Vidor Produced by David O. Selznick Written by David O. Selznick Featuring Orson Welles, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten
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 (1946) was branded "Lust in the Dust" at the time of its release. This classic epic western was produced by David O. Selznick (who failed in his desire to make it the Western equivalent of his earlier Civil War epic Gone with the Wind).
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Aug 23, 2017 · The new Blu-Ray of the film from Kino Lorber Studio Classics, presenting the full roadshow version with prelude, overture, and exit music, manages to play up Duel in the Sun ‘s not-uncertain strengths. Namely, it’s striking visuals and wildly extreme use of color tinting.
