Duel au soleil (1946)
Duel in the Sun
Réalisateur : King Vidor
Scénaristes : David O. Selznick, Niven Busch, Ben Hecht
Genres : Western, Drame, Romance
124 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 6 000 000 $
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : Vanguard Films, The Selznick Studio
Synopsis
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…
- Jennifer Jones - Pearl Chavez
- Joseph Cotten - Jesse McCanles
- Gregory Peck - Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
- Lionel Barrymore - Sen. Jackson McCanles
- Herbert Marshall - Scott Chavez
- Lillian Gish - Laura Belle McCanles
- Walter Huston - The Sinkiller
- Charles Bickford - Sam Pierce
- Harry Carey - Lem Smoot
- Joan Tetzel - Helen Langford
- Tilly Losch - Mrs. Chavez
- Butterfly McQueen - Vashti
- Scott McKay - Sid
- Otto Kruger - Mr. Langford
- Sidney Blackmer - The Lover
- Charles Dingle - Sheriff Hardy
- Griff Barnett - Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
- John Barton - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Hank Bell - McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
- Audrey Betz - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Edward Biby - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Johnny Bond - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lovyss Bradley - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Nora Bush - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lane Chandler - Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
- George Chung - Man (uncredited)
- Tex Cooper - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Frank Cordell - Sid (uncredited)
- Tom Daly - Cowboy (uncredited)
- Tom Dillon - Train Engineer (uncredited)
- Steve Dunhill - Jake (uncredited)
- Slim Gaut - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Si Jenks - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Carmencita Johnson - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jack Kenny - Barfly (uncredited)
- Victor Kilian - Gambler (uncredited)
- Al Kunde - Barfly (uncredited)
- Ann Kunde - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Kermit Maynard - Barfly (uncredited)
- Francis McDonald - Gambler (uncredited)
- Robert McKenzie - Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)
- Hank Patterson - Man (uncredited)
- Lee Phelps - Train Fireman (uncredited)
- Rose Plumer - Dancer (uncredited)
- Bob Reeves - Townsman (uncredited)
- Bert Roach - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Allen D. Sewall - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lucile Sewall - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Lloyd Shaw - Barbecue Dance Caller (uncredited)
- Tom Smith - Barfly (uncredited)
- Al Taylor - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Jack Tornek - Townsman (uncredited)
- Orson Welles - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Dan White - Ed (uncredited)
- Guy Wilkerson - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Hank Worden - Party Guest (uncredited)
