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Duel in the Sun is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 31 december 1946 with Jennifer Jones

Duel in the Sun (1946)

Duel in the Sun
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Released in USA 31 december 1946
Length 2h9
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action,    Romance,    Western
Rating66% 3.3469753.3469753.3469753.3469753.346975

Duel in the Sun is a Technicolor 1946 Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, which tells the story of a Mestiza (half-Native American) girl who goes to live with her caucasian relatives, becoming involved in prejudice and forbidden love. The movie stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore.

Synopsis

Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). 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 (Lillian Gish).

Actors

Jennifer Jones

(Pearl Chavez)
Joseph Cotten

(Jesse McCanles)
Gregory Peck

(Lewton "Lewt" MacCanles)
Lionel Barrymore

(Sen. Jackson McCanles)
Herbert Marshall

(Scott Chavez)
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