

Duel in the Sun
"Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !"
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$6.0M
$6,000,000
Revenue
$20.4M
$20,400,000
Languages
English
Studio
The Selznick Studio
+1 more
Key Crew

King Vidor
Director

David O. Selznick
Screenplay

David O. Selznick
Producer

Ben Hecht
Writer
Cast

Jennifer Jones
Pearl Chavez

Joseph Cotten
Jesse McCanles

Gregory Peck
Lewton "Lewt" McCanles

Lionel Barrymore
Sen. Jackson McCanles

Herbert Marshall
Scott Chavez

Lillian Gish
Laura Belle McCanles

Walter Huston
The Sinkiller

Charles Bickford
Sam Pierce

Harry Carey
Lem Smoot

Joan Tetzel
Helen Langford

Tilly Losch
Mrs. Chavez

Butterfly McQueen
Vashti

Scott McKay
Sid

Otto Kruger
Mr. Langford

Sidney Blackmer
The Lover

Charles Dingle
Sheriff Hardy

Griff Barnett
Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
John Barton
Party Guest (uncredited)

Hank Bell
McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)

Audrey Betz
Party Guest (uncredited)