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    Duel in the Sun

    Duel in the Sun
    Directors: William Dieterle, Josef Von Sternberg
    Actors: Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall
    Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $14.98
    Buy New: $4.78
    You Save: $10.20 (68%)



    New (59) Used (18) from $2.86

    Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 47 reviews
    Sales Rank: 7186

    Format: Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
    Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
    Rating: NR (Not Rated)
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
    Number Of Discs: 1
    Running Time: 129 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
    Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

    MPN: MGMD1006373D
    ISBN: 0792860489
    UPC: 027616905741
    EAN: 9780792860488
    ASIN: B0001GF2HY

    Theatrical Release Date: 1946
    Release Date: May 25, 2004
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    WHEN HER FATHER IS HANGED FOR SHOOTING HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER, HALF-BREED PEARL CHEVEZ GOES TO LIVE WITH DISTANT RELATIVES IN TEXAS

    Amazon.com
    Legendary producer David O. Selznick dreamed of another magnum opus like his 1939 production of Gone with the Wind; he also purposed to make Jennifer Jones, his ladylove and eventually second Mrs. Selznick, a megastar. Accordingly, he micromanaged the making of Duel in the Sun (Lust in the Dust to some), an extravagant Technicolor epic about the collision of the old West with the new, wide-open spaces with railroads and barbed wire, and hot-blooded outlaws with civilized folk, often wimpy or unwell. Beginning among giant rocks drenched in a blood-red sunset, with velvet-voiced Orson Welles intoning the leibestod legend of doomed Pearl Chavez and her demon lover, Duel never strays far from lush romanticism, spiced with a dash of S/M. Orphaned Pearl (Jones) comes to live at Spanish Bit Ranch, where frail Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish) tries to make a lady of her, despite her questionable origins and insistent voluptuousness. Sexual license versus law--Pearl's choices--are symbolized by the McCanles brothers: dark, undisciplined Lewt (a lubriciously wicked Gregory Peck) and reasonable, forward-looking, repressed Jesse (Joseph Cotten). The cast is huge (Lionel Barrymore, Walter Huston, Harry Carey, Herbert Marshall, Charles Bickford, Butterfly McQueen) and there are unforgettable set pieces: summoned by a cacophony of bells, the gathering of McCanles cowboys from the four corners of the earth; Pearl in heat, clutching Lewt's leg and being dragged across the floor as he makes his getaway to Mexico; and the lovers' final shootout among those red rocks, as orgiastic a finale as you could ask for. --Kathleen Murphy


    Customer Reviews:   Read 42 more reviews...

    3 out of 5 stars Duality   June 18, 2009
    Clare Quilty (a little pad in hawaii)
    Q: What would happen if "Gone with the Wind" overdosed on Spanish Fly and wandered into the desert?

    A: This movie, which is a Technicolor fever dream from David O. Selznick's speed-addled memo pad. Jennifer Jones comes between a wise but dull saint (Joseph Cotton) and his cruel but more exciting brother (Gregory Peck, eons from Atticus Finch). Jones is frequently shown scrubbing floors on all fours, boasting of her bareback prowess or literally writhing with sexual frustration. Her mind-boggling changes of, um, heart make this much more fun than it might've been, as does Lionel Barrymore's snickering, racist patriarch.



    3 out of 5 stars Duel in the sun   April 29, 2009
    florie b (CT, usa)
    This is a great love movie,expect for the control of Luke over this girl. It reminds me of some of these abusers around that think they own a woman,once they have a relationship. Other than that it is a great movie.great love scenes, even though their love is toxic.


    4 out of 5 stars Duel in the Sun   March 2, 2009
    JenS (Georgia)
    If you're a fan of Jennifer Jones or Gregory Peck you'll want to check out this movie. It's rare for Gregory Peck to play a "bad guy" but he's good at it! If you like him as the bad guy, you'll want to buy "Yellow Sky" as well. Good chemistry between the stars. It was one of my Mother's favorites!


    4 out of 5 stars Steamy, cheesy fun!   February 11, 2009
    Movie Man (Washington, DC)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Legend has it that this film was David Selznick's effort to recapture the box-office magic of Gone with the Wind. The movie certainly LOOKS LIKE GWTW---the same orange skies, the same broad-scoped shots of the horizons, the same Butterfly McQueen. It certainly SOUNDS LIKE GWTW, with Pearl's father making dramatic pronouncements about life (you expect him to say, "Land, Katie Scarlett, land. It's the only thing that matters.") And then you have Joseph Cotten playing a Southwestern Ashley Wilkes, Gregory Peck playing a nastier-than-Gable Rhett Butler type, and Jennifer Jones as a Southwestern spitfire who swings between Ashley and Rhett surrogates the same way Scarlett swung between the originals....but with far more sexual energy.

    This is fun, ponderous, and oh so steamy. It must have been pretty racy for its time, and truth be told it still is pretty racy. [And a tad racist, too.] See it.



    5 out of 5 stars Gregory Peck as a bag guy, oh my!   July 13, 2008
    R W Smythe (Texas, United States)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    This has always been one of my favorites westerns, although I never went to the trouble of getting a DVD version, until it came up on my Amazon recommendation list. I ordered it right away, and received the usual good Amazon service, and quick, free shipping, and have not been disappointed. Gregory Peck is one of best actors, and makes the movie, playing the bad guy this time, instead of his usual hero role. I can personally recommend this movie, going against a number of the negative reviews that are posted here.


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