Duel in the sun

United States, 1946

Film
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Scott Chavez, hung for the murder of his wife and her lover, sends his daughter to live with land baron Senator McCanles. The senator’s sons are immediately drawn to Pearl and fall under her spell. Brother is pitted against brother in this classic western filled with love, betrayal and murder. Starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones as the ill-fated lovers and an admirable cast including Joseph Cotten, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston and Charles Bickford.

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Credits

director

King Vidor

producer

David O. Selznick

production company

David O Selznick Productions

Duration

02:10:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1946

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306927

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Westerns

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1263918

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