Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Cinematography
Technicolor so saturated it practically vibrates.
Acting
Jennifer Jones commits completely to unhinged desire.
Production
David O. Selznick's obsessive micromanagement visible in every frame.
Director
King Vidor
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
King Vidor quit before filming ended; Selznick personally directed reshoots for months, creating a Frankenstein of competing visions.
Nicknamed 'Lust in the Dust' by critics, it was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency while becoming a massive commercial hit.
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