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6.7/10
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Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
Griff Barnett
- The Bordertown Jailer
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaAccording to King Vidor, director Josef von Sternberg was hired only as a lighting expert by David O. Selznick in order to give his wife--and the film's star--Jennifer Jones a more glamorous look.
- GoofsThe opening scene shows saguaro cacti in the valley. The film is supposed to take place in Texas, but southern Arizona is the only place in the US with saguaro cacti, unless they've been transplanted.
- Quotes
The Sinkiller: Under that heathen blanket, there's a full-blossomed woman built by the devil to drive men crazy.
- Alternate versionsThe original "roadshow" version ran 144 minutes. The additional 16 minutes, over the commonly-shown 128 minute version, consisted of a musical "prelude," an "overture" (which contained a spoken prologue, by Orson Welles), and exit music, but no additional scenes in the film. The two additional opening sequences were each inadvertently given the other's label.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
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perfect
not great. only perfect. for the story, mix of different lines. for cast. and for the meet between Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck in a last scene who impress again and again. it is a masterpiece . for the opportunity to discover a lost age of Hollywood in the best version. for the desire, and the reasonable result, to make a different western. and for its...humanitarian perspective about love and family. sure, I am far to be objective about it as admirer of Lillian Gish and Gregory Peck . but it is real good film. maybe, obvious, perfect.
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- Kirpianuscus
- Oct 10, 2017
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- King Vidor's Duel in the Sun
- Filming locations
- Tucson Mountain Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA(final duel)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,408,163
- Gross worldwide
- $20,428,771
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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