Duel in the Sun

E253567
Western film film melodrama film

Duel in the Sun is a 1946 Technicolor Western melodrama film famed for its torrid romance, lavish production, and controversial reputation, starring Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duel in the Sun canonical 12
Duel in the Sun (novel) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
melodrama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Niven Busch ⓘ
basedOn Duel in the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duel in the Sun (novel)
cinematographyBy Lee Garmes ⓘ
Ray Rennahan ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director King Vidor ⓘ
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy James E. Newcom ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
melodrama ⓘ
leadCharacter Lewt McCanles ⓘ
Pearl Chavez ⓘ
motionPictureRating Passed with cuts by Production Code Administration ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color

Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
notableFor controversial reputation ⓘ
intense climactic shootout scene ⓘ
lavish production values ⓘ
torrid romance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Gregory Peck ⓘ
Jennifer Jones ⓘ
producer David O. Selznick ⓘ
productionCompany Selznick International Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate December 31, 1946 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical feature film ⓘ
releaseYear 1946 ⓘ
runtime approximately 144 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
David O. Selznick ⓘ
Oliver H.P. Garrett ⓘ
setInPeriod late 19th century American West ⓘ
settingLocation Texas ranch ⓘ
starring Charles Bickford ⓘ
Gregory Peck ⓘ
Harry Carey Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Harry Carey

Herbert Marshall ⓘ
Jennifer Jones ⓘ
Joseph Cotten ⓘ
Lillian Gish ⓘ
Lionel Barrymore ⓘ
Walter Huston ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

David O. Selznick → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
King Vidor → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
King Vidor → directed → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Joseph Cotten → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Sidney Blackmer → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Charles Bickford → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Lee Garmes → workedOn → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Lillian Gish → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Dimitri Tiomkin → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Jennifer Jones → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
Duel in the Sun → basedOn → Duel in the Sun self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duel in the Sun (novel)
Vidor → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: King Vidor
Niven Busch → notableWork → Duel in the Sun ⓘ