Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1946-12-31) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $20,408,163 |
| Screen: | David O. Selznick, Niven Busch, Oliver H.P. Garrett |
| Productions: | The Selznick Studio, United Artists, Vanguard Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 39554: Jennifer Jones - Pearl Chavez
- 7664: Joseph Cotten - Jesse McCanles
- 8487: Gregory Peck - Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
- 17753: Lionel Barrymore - Sen. Jackson McCanles
- 2435: Herbert Marshall - Scott Chavez
- 8828: Lillian Gish - Laura Belle McCanles
- 19020: Walter Huston - The Sinkiller
Crews
- 2891: Josef von Sternberg - Co-Director - Directing
- 233136: Otto Brower - Co-Director - Directing
- 42060: Sidney Franklin - Co-Director - Directing
- 11489: William Cameron Menzies - Co-Director - Directing
- 49214: William Dieterle - Co-Director - Directing
- 29962: King Vidor - Director - Directing
- 3248: David O. Selznick - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
John Chard
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Pearl, you're curved in the flesh of temptation. 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. It stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory ....
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The story here - a sort of Cain and Abel style topic that causes no end of pain for Jennifer Jones ("Pearl") is gorgeous to look at, gritty and very well put together. It is also, however, far too long and for the most part devoid of much pace. Joseph Cotton ("Jesse") and Gregory Pec ....
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