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Duel in the Sun (1946)

Duel in the Sun poster
Directed by
King Vidor
Genre
drama film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 191 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Mestiza woman goes to live with her white relatives on a Texas ranch. There she faces prejudice and gets caught in a love triangle with two brothers.

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What happens

Duel in the Sun is a 1946 American epic psychological Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, and Lionel Barrymore. Based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch, it follows a young orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love, while residing with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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