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Duel in the Sun
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. Based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch, it follows a young orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love, while residing with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch.
Plot
Pearl Chavez is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez kills her mother, having caught her with a lover. Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle in Texas.
Cast
- Butterfly McQueen
- Charles Bickford
- Charles Dingle
- Dan White
- Gregory Peck
- Griff Barnett
- Hank Worden
- Harry Carey
- Herbert Marshall
- Jennifer Jones
- Joan Tetzel
- Joseph Cotten
- Lane Chandler
- Lillian Gish
- Lionel Barrymore
- Orson Welles
- Otto Kruger
- Robert McKenzie
- Scott McKay
- Sidney Blackmer
- Tilly Losch
- Victor Kilian
- Walter Huston
More details
| author | Ben Hecht David O. Selznick Niven Busch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | King Vidor |
| editor | Charles L. Freeman William H. Ziegler |
| events | capital punishment |
| genre | drama romance western |
| keywords | cattle ranch engage family feud grown son hide how to kill married old friend old man one night orphan shoot wanted man |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| producer | David O. Selznick |
| productionCompany | Vanguard Films |
| publisher | Selznick Releasing Organization |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | epic psychological drama rape |