

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.
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6.4/10
201 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $20.4M
- Language
- English
- rape
- sexual obsession
- death of father
- woman between two men
- brother against brother
- skinny dipping
- family
- overbearing father
- opposites
- biracial
- ward
- cattle baron
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereVan Nuys, Los Angeles, California, Veterans-Only Premiere29 Dec 1946
- TheatricalLos Angeles, California31 Dec 1946
- TheatricalNew York City, New York7 May 1947
- Theatrical21 Nov 1947
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalLondon23 May 1947
- Theatrical17 Dec 1947
- PhysicalPG7 Jan 1986
- PhysicalPG1 Apr 1992
- PhysicalPG1 Nov 1996
- PhysicalPG10 Sept 2001
- TheatricalPG16 Aug 2005
BrazilBR
- Theatrical18 Sept 1948
- Physical12 mj.gov.br - Rep. Arrais17 Feb 2004
FranceFR
- TVTPArte1 Dec 2013
- TVTPArte27 Jul 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical16West Germany17 Oct 1952
- TVArte1 Dec 2013
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival21 Feb 2015
- TVArte27 Jul 2026
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/126 Mar 1950
- TheatricalM/12Re-release4 Sept 1980
- Theatrical (limited)M/12Lisboa, Cinemateca Portuguesa6 Jan 2025
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Duel in the Sun was released on 31 December 1946.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
6/10/2017
Pearl, you're curved in the flesh of temptation. Duel in the Sun is predominantly directed by King Vidor and is produced and written by David O. Selznick who adapts (with help from H.P. Garrett & Ben Hecht) from Niven Busch's novel. It stars Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore; with a huge support cast list that contains the likes of Herbert Marshall, Walter Huston, Charl…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/7/2022
The story here - a sort of Cain and Abel style topic that causes no end of pain for Jennifer Jones ("Pearl") is gorgeous to look at, gritty and very well put together. It is also, however, far too long and for the most part devoid of much pace. Joseph Cotton ("Jesse") and Gregory Peck ("Lewt") are both the sons of ruthless senator "McCanles" (Lionel Barrymore) the former a decent, if rather weak sort of character, th…
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