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Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie ! - Duel in the Sun
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Title: Duel in the Sun

Release Date: 31 Dec 1946

Runtime: 2h 24m

Genre: Western, Romance, Drama

Director: The Selznick Studio, United Artists, Vanguard Films

Production Companies: The Selznick Studio, United Artists, Vanguard Films

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (169 votes)

Cast

  • Pearl Chavez: Jennifer Jones
  • Jesse McCanles: Joseph Cotten
  • Lewton "Lewt" McCanles: Gregory Peck
  • Sen. Jackson McCanles: Lionel Barrymore
  • Scott Chavez: Herbert Marshall
  • Laura Belle McCanles: Lillian Gish
  • The Sinkiller: Walter Huston
  • Sam Pierce: Charles Bickford
  • Lem Smoot: Harry Carey
  • Helen Langford: Joan Tetzel
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