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Director: King Vidor
Genres: Romantic Drama, Melodrama, Epic Western, Drama, Western
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Summary:
In David O. Selznick's Duel in the Sun, Jennifer Jones stars as Pearl Chavez, whom everyone has tagged as a "bad girl" foredoomed to an unhappy end. She is taken into the home of wealthy, greedy rancher McCanles (Lionel Barrymore) and his kindly wife Laura Belle (Lillian Gish), who'd once been the sweetheart of Pearl's recently executed father (Herbert Marshall). Almost... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Griff Barnett - (The Jailer)
Jennifer Jones - (Pearl Chavez)
Gregory Peck - (Lewt McCanles)
Charles Bickford - (Sam Pierce)
Joseph Cotten - (Jesse McCanles)
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Review:
Appropriately nicknamed "Lust in the Dust," Duel in the Sun is a wacky, grandiose melodrama, famous for its sexual innuendo. Producer David_O._Selznick was attempting to top his success with Gone With the Wind, and though it did make quite a lot of money, Duel never matched the level of public and critical adulation of his previous... Continue >>

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