Duel in the Sun
Summary:
In David O. Selznick's florid, overheated melodrama Duel in the Sun Jennifer Jones stars as half-Native American Pearl Chavez, who everyone has tagged as a "bad girl" foredoomed to an unhappy end. Her father is Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall), an ill-fated fellow who kills his wife and her lover (Sidney Blackmer) and gets hung for it. Pearl is taken into the home o... 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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