"Duel in the Sun" quotes

Duel in the Sun poster
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.

Director: King Vidor, Otto Brower, William Dieterle
Writer: David O. Selznick, Niven Busch, Oliver H.P. Garrett
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, romance, western
Year: 1946
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.8
BoxOffice: $20,408,163
Released: 21 Nov 1947
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 4 nominations total

16 Clips

There's a funny glow in the sky tonight ain't there - Duel in the Sun 00:15 There's a funny glow in the sky tonight ain't there You double crossing bobcat - Duel in the Sun 00:07 You double crossing bobcat And you'll forget about - Duel in the Sun 00:30 And you'll forget about You mean to shoot down unarmed men - Duel in the Sun 00:07 You mean to shoot down unarmed men I'm riding back to that hitching post - Duel in the Sun 00:16 I'm riding back to that hitching post I plead no mitigating circumstances - Duel in the Sun 00:25 I plead no mitigating circumstances I guess your clothes sort of fooled me - Duel in the Sun 00:08 I guess your clothes sort of fooled me Why are you so slow - Duel in the Sun 00:09 Why are you so slow With them trespassing thieves - Duel in the Sun 00:04 With them trespassing thieves I don't rightly know much about Sam Pierce O Lord - Duel in the Sun 00:18 I don't rightly know much about Sam Pierce O Lord So that's where you stand - Duel in the Sun 00:08 So that's where you stand I once fought for that flag - Duel in the Sun 00:07 I once fought for that flag No if I'm not good enough to marry - Duel in the Sun 00:06 No if I'm not good enough to marry You're curved in the flesh of temptation - Duel in the Sun 00:10 You're curved in the flesh of temptation And this is what the legend says - Duel in the Sun 00:21 And this is what the legend says Under that heathen blanket - Duel in the Sun 00:08 Under that heathen blanket

Cast

Pearl Chavez - Jennifer Jones
Jesse McCanles - Joseph Cotten
Lewton 'Lewt' McCanles - Gregory Peck
Sen. Jackson McCanles - Lionel Barrymore
Scott Chavez - Herbert Marshall
Laura Belle McCanles - Lillian Gish
The Sinkiller - Walter Huston
Sam Pierce - Charles Bickford
Lem Smoot - Harry Carey
Helen Langford - Joan Tetzel
Mrs. Chavez - Tilly Losch
Vashti - Butterfly McQueen
Sid - Scott McKay
Mr. Langford - Otto Kruger
The Lover - Sidney Blackmer
Sheriff Hardy - Charles Dingle
The Bordertown Jailer - Griff Barnett
Party Guest - John Barton
McCanles Ranch Hand - Hank Bell
Party Guest - Audrey Betz
Party Guest - Edward Biby
Party Guest - Johnny Bond
Party Guest - Lovyss Bradley
Party Guest - Nora Bush
Fence-Line Cavalry Captain - Lane Chandler
Minor Role - George Chung
Party Guest - Tex Cooper
Sid - Frank Cordell
Cowboy - Tom Daly
Train Engineer - Tom Dillon
Jake - Steve Dunhill
Party Guest - Slim Gaut
Party Guest - Si Jenks
Party Guest - Carmencita Johnson
Barfly - Jack Kenny
Gambler - Victor Kilian
Barfly - Al Kunde
Party Guest - Anne Kunde
Barfly - Kermit Maynard
Gambler - Francis McDonald
Bartender Zeke - Robert McKenzie
Man - Hank Patterson
Train Fireman - Lee Phelps
Dancer - Rose Plumer
Townsman - Bob Reeves
Party Guest - Bert Roach
Party Guest - Allen D. Sewall
Party Guest - Lucile Sewall
Barbecue Dance Caller - Lloyd Shaw
Barfly - Tom Smith
Party Guest - Al Taylor
Townsman - Jack Tornek
Narrator - Orson Welles
Ed - Dan White
Party Guest - Guy Wilkerson
Party Guest - Hank Worden
Dice -