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Duel in the Sun

  • 19461946
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 9m
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6.8/10
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Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
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Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
8.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
13,515
5,241
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    • Directors
      • King Vidor
      • Otto Brower(uncredited)
      • William Dieterle(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • David O. Selznick(screenplay)
      • Niven Busch(suggested by a novel by)
      • Oliver H.P. Garrett(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Jones
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Gregory Peck
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • King Vidor
      • Otto Brower(uncredited)
      • William Dieterle(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • David O. Selznick(screenplay)
      • Niven Busch(suggested by a novel by)
      • Oliver H.P. Garrett(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Jennifer Jones
      • Joseph Cotten
      • Gregory Peck
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 109User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
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    Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Gregory Peck in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Joseph Cotten in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)
    Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun (1946)

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    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Pearl Chavez
    Joseph Cotten
    Joseph Cotten
    • Jesse McCanles
    Gregory Peck
    Gregory Peck
    • Lewton 'Lewt' McCanles
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    • Sen. Jackson McCanles
    Herbert Marshall
    Herbert Marshall
    • Scott Chavez
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Laura Belle McCanles
    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • The Sinkiller
    Charles Bickford
    Charles Bickford
    • Sam Pierce
    Harry Carey
    Harry Carey
    • Lem Smoot
    Joan Tetzel
    Joan Tetzel
    • Helen Langford
    Tilly Losch
    Tilly Losch
    • Mrs. Chavez
    Butterfly McQueen
    Butterfly McQueen
    • Vashti
    Scott McKay
    Scott McKay
    • Sid
    Otto Kruger
    Otto Kruger
    • Mr. Langford
    Sidney Blackmer
    Sidney Blackmer
    • The Lover
    Charles Dingle
    Charles Dingle
    • Sheriff Hardy
    Griff Barnett
    Griff Barnett
    • The Bordertown Jailer
    • (uncredited)
    John Barton
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • King Vidor
      • Otto Brower(uncredited)
      • William Dieterle(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • David O. Selznick(screenplay)
      • Niven Busch(suggested by a novel by)
      • Oliver H.P. Garrett(adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to King Vidor, director Josef von Sternberg was hired only as a lighting expert by David O. Selznick in order to give his wife--and the film's star--Jennifer Jones a more glamorous look.
    • Goofs
      The opening scene shows saguaro cacti in the valley. The film is supposed to take place in Texas, but southern Arizona is the only place in the US with saguaro cacti, unless they've been transplanted.
    • Quotes

      The Sinkiller: Under that heathen blanket, there's a full-blossomed woman built by the devil to drive men crazy.

    • Alternate versions
      The original "roadshow" version ran 144 minutes. The additional 16 minutes, over the commonly-shown 128 minute version, consisted of a musical "prelude," an "overture" (which contained a spoken prologue, by Orson Welles), and exit music, but no additional scenes in the film. The two additional opening sequences were each inadvertently given the other's label.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Beautiful Dreamer
      (uncredited)

      Music by Stephen Foster

    User reviews109

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    Overheated Fandango
    No need to recap the plot.

    One thing about this overblown fandango— once seeing it, you won't forget it. How could anyone when everything is done to such tasteless excess. Poor Pearl (Jones). Apparently, Jones was told her part was that of a hot-blooded wench, which she unfortunately took to mean parboiled. It's hard not to laugh at the first hour when she acts like a nympho on steroids, tossing hair and leering wildly like pampas grass in a windstorm. Not far behind is that vintage ham Lionel Barrymore doing his usual blustery bit, like we won't get his hard-bitten patriarch unless he takes it into hyper speed. And who could have guessed that the usually constricted and constrained Gregory Peck could actually over-act. I think it was his first and last time—good thing, too.

    It's possible to go on about the unrelenting excess— the sunsets that appear to hemorrhage, a musical score that's as necessary as sugar on molasses, and a loony ending that defies parody. But you get the idea. Too bad so much money and effort went into such a generally overheated result. Only Cotten, Gish and the black stallion come through unscathed. I'm thinking RKO could have made a dozen worthwhile programmers on the same budget. As things turned out, Selznick did his beloved Jones no favors with this one. It's hard to believe the man responsible for Gone with the Wind (1939) is also responsible for this swollen mess.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 21, 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • King Vidor's Duel in the Sun
    • Filming locations
      • Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Selznick International Pictures
      • Vanguard Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $20,408,163
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,428,771
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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