Duel au soleil
Duel in the Sun
Release: 1946-12-31
·Runtime: 124m
·★ 6.3
Western
Drame
Romance
Scott Chavez est condamné à la pendaison pour avoir assassiné sa femme, Indienne, qui multipliait les aventures extra-conjugales. Avant de mourir, il confie sa fille, Pearl, à une ancienne amie, Laura Belle McCanles, installée dans un ranch texan avec son mari, Jackson, sénateur infirme, et ses deux fils, Jesse et Lewt. Pearl est fort mal accueillie par le père, mais plaît immédiatement aux deux frères. Jesse, un gentleman, garde ses sentiments pour lui alors que son cadet Lewt, un voyou sans scrupules, cherche aussitôt à séduire la jeune fille. Pearl, qui a promis à son père de devenir une jeune fille honorable, résistera autant qu'elle peut avant de céder à Lewt…
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Selznick Studio
Vanguard Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hank Patterson
as Man (uncredited)
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Otto Kruger
as Mr. Langford
Tilly Losch
as Mrs. Chavez
Lee Phelps
as Train Fireman (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Townsman (uncredited)
Al Taylor
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Worden
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Gregory Peck
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Carmencita Johnson
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lillian Gish
as Laura Belle McCanles
Hank Bell
as McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Si Jenks
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
as Barfly (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Cotten
as Jesse McCanles
Joan Tetzel
as Helen Langford
Scott McKay
as Sid
Johnny Bond
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
as Barfly (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Gambler (uncredited)
Jennifer Jones
as Pearl Chavez
Walter Huston
as The Sinkiller
Harry Carey
as Lem Smoot
Sidney Blackmer
as The Lover
Griff Barnett
as Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lionel Barrymore
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
Audrey Betz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Herbert Marshall
as Scott Chavez
Charles Bickford
as Sam Pierce
Butterfly McQueen
as Vashti
Charles Dingle
as Sheriff Hardy
Frank Cordell
as Sid (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
as Gambler (uncredited)
Dan White
as Ed (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
as Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Josef von Sternberg
Co-Director
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sidney Franklin
Co-Director
William Dieterle
Co-Director
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer, Conductor
King Vidor
Director
Niven Busch
Novel
Ben Hecht
Writer
William Cameron Menzies
Co-Director
David O. Selznick
Screenplay, Producer, Presenter