Review of Duel in the Sun (1946) by Allan C — 07 Feb 2014

Lavishly produced attempt to top Gone With the Wind - the swooning melodrama this time is even more pantomime and ridiculously overdone. The characters don't help. Barrymore is the devil, Cotton is dull, Peck is despicable, and Jones either plays the dumbest character ever on screen, or (more likely) was the dumbest actress ever on screen.

Way too much cruelty, way too much stupidity, very little sympathy. Which is a shame, because the desert cinematography in this film is outstanding, the production in general is outstanding, and the scene of hundreds of horses galloping together is truly spectacular - by forties or any other standards.