“Duel in the Sun” is a western film about a half Native American girl who moves in with her white relatives. As they are second cousins, romantic complications, sexual tension, and racial prejudice come to the surface complicating the storyline.
Producer David O. Selznick, who won Best Picture Oscars for “Gone With the Wind” (1939) and “Rebecca” (1940), was hoping this film would repeat the success of GWTW, but was only a modest hit at the box office. This was despite the best efforts of director King Vidor (“Stella Dallas” 1937) and screenplay writer Oliver H. P. Garrett, adapted from the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch.
The talented cast turned in fine performances, including Jennifer Jones in the lead part as Pearl, Lillian Gish as her second cousin, Lionel Barrymore (in a wheelchair) as her Senator hubby, Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck as their sons, along with Herbert Marshall, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Charles Dingle, Butterfly McQueen, Sidney Blackmer, Joan Tetzel, and Orson Welles as the narrator.
Jones and Gish were nominated for Oscars, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, for their performances in the watchable movie filmed in Technicolor, “Duel in the Sun,” a production of Vanguard Films.
Duel in the Sun (1946)
cinema
My Review
“Duel in the Sun” is a western film about a half Native American girl who moves in with her white relatives. As they are second cousins, romantic complications, sexual tension, and racial prejudice come to the surface complicating the storyline.
Producer David O. Selznick, who won Best Picture Oscars for “Gone With the Wind” (1939) and “Rebecca” (1940), was hoping this film would repeat the success of GWTW, but was only a modest hit at the box office. This was despite the best efforts of director King Vidor (“Stella Dallas” 1937) and screenplay writer Oliver H. P. Garrett, adapted from the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch.
The talented cast turned in fine performances, including Jennifer Jones in the lead part as Pearl, Lillian Gish as her second cousin, Lionel Barrymore (in a wheelchair) as her Senator hubby, Joseph Cotten and Gregory Peck as their sons, along with Herbert Marshall, Walter Huston, Charles Bickford, Harry Carey, Otto Kruger, Charles Dingle, Butterfly McQueen, Sidney Blackmer, Joan Tetzel, and Orson Welles as the narrator.
Jones and Gish were nominated for Oscars, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, for their performances in the watchable movie filmed in Technicolor, “Duel in the Sun,” a production of Vanguard Films.