Duel in the Sun
Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !
6.4(195) 1946-12-31 144 minWesternDramaRomance
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.
DirectorKing Vidor
ScreenplayDavid O. Selznick
ProducerDavid O. Selznick
Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
WriterBen Hecht
Cast & characters
Jennifer Jones
as Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten
as Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Lionel Barrymore
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
Herbert Marshall
as Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish
as Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston
as The Sinkiller
Charles Bickford
as Sam Pierce
Harry Carey
as Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel
as Helen Langford
Tilly Losch
as Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen
as Vashti
Scott McKay
as Sid
Otto Kruger
as Mr. Langford
Sidney Blackmer
as The Lover
Charles Dingle
as Sheriff Hardy
Griff Barnett
as Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
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John Barton
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Edward Biby
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Bond
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Lovyss Bradley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Nora Bush
as Party Guest (uncredited)
