# Duel in the Sun (1946)

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**Runtime**: 144 min
**Genres**: Western, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: King Vidor
**Written by**: David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht
**Starring**: Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish

> *Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Pearl Chavez gets entangled in a love triangle. She is torn between two brothers. It mostly achieves a steamy melodrama.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, sexy, tender

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