Duel in the Sun
Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !
WesternDramaRomancerapesexual obsessiondeath of fatherwoman between two menbrother against brotherskinny dippingfamilyoverbearing fatheroppositesbiracialwardcattle baron
A sweeping, visually lush melodrama of forbidden desire and moral conflict, where a biracial woman caught between two brothers navigates family trauma, sexual obsession, and violence on the American frontier.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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
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