Duel in the Sun
"Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !"
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.
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)
Edward Biby
Party Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Bond
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Party Guest (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
George Chung
Man (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Cordell
Sid (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Cowboy (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
Jake (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
Party Guest (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Party Guest (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Barfly (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
Gambler (uncredited)
Al Kunde
Barfly (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
Party Guest (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Barfly (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Gambler (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
Man (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Train Fireman (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
Dancer (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Townsman (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Party Guest (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall
Party Guest (uncredited)
Lloyd Shaw
Barbecue Dance Caller (uncredited)
Tom Smith
Barfly (uncredited)
Al Taylor
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
Townsman (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dan White
Ed (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Party Guest (uncredited)
Crew
Otto Brower
Co-Director
William Dieterle
Co-Director
Josef von Sternberg
Co-Director
Sidney Franklin
Co-Director
William Cameron Menzies
Co-Director
David O. Selznick
Screenplay
King Vidor
Director
James Basevi
Art Direction
Charles P. Boyle
Additional Photography
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
J. McMillan Johnson
Production Design
David O. Selznick
Producer
Ray Rennahan
Director of Photography
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Adaptation
Niven Busch
Novel
Margaret Martin
Hairstylist
Richard DeWeese
Sound Recordist
Norbert A. Myles
Makeup Artist
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist
Ben Hecht
Writer
David O. Selznick
Presenter
Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor
Hal C. Kern
Supervising Film Editor
William H. Ziegler
Associate Editor
John Faure
Associate Editor
James G. Stewart
Sound Director
Lowell J. Farrell
Assistant Director
Clarence Slifer
Special Effects
Otto Brower
Second Unit Director
B. Reeves Eason
Second Unit Director