Director: King Vidor

Writers: David O. Selznick; Oliver H. P. Garrett

From novel by: Niven Busch

Music Written and Conducted by: Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer: David O. Selznick

Keywords: Western

An orphaned half-breed is reluctantly accepted into a wealthy Texan household, where she toys with both sons Lewt and Jesse. Producer Selznick cast his wife Jennifer Jones in the smoldering lead role in this attempt to repeat his earlier success with Gone with the Wind (1939). Received Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Supporting Actress. Won the Cinecittà Cup at The Venice Film Festival.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lionel Barrymore	Actor	28-Apr-1878	15-Nov-1954	Young Dr. Kildare
Charles Bickford	Actor	1-Jan-1891	9-Nov-1967	The Song of Bernadette
Sidney Blackmer	Actor	13-Jul-1895	5-Oct-1973	Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times
Harry Carey, Sr.	Actor	16-Jan-1878	21-Sep-1947	VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Joseph Cotten	Actor	15-May-1905	6-Feb-1994	Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane
Charles Dingle	Actor	28-Dec-1887	19-Jan-1956	The Little Foxes
Lillian Gish	Actor	14-Oct-1893	27-Feb-1993	Silent film actress, director
Walter Huston	Actor	6-Apr-1884	7-Apr-1950	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Jennifer Jones	Actor	2-Mar-1919	17-Dec-2009	The Song of Bernadette
Otto Kruger	Actor	6-Sep-1885	6-Sep-1974	Saboteur
Tilly Losch	Dancer	15-Nov-1903	24-Dec-1975	Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
Herbert Marshall	Actor	23-May-1890	22-Jan-1966	Foreign Correspondent
Butterfly McQueen	Actor	7-Jan-1911	22-Dec-1995	Gone with the Wind
Gregory Peck	Actor	5-Apr-1916	12-Jun-2003	To Kill A Mockingbird

CAST

Starring
Jennifer Jones	...   Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten	...   Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck	...   Lewt McCanles
Lionel Barrymore	...   Sen. McCanles
Herbert Marshall	...   Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish	...   Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston	...   The Sin Killer
Charles Bickford	...   Sam Pierce
with
Harry Carey, Sr.	...   Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel	...   Helen Langford
Tilly Losch	...   Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen	...   Vashti
Scott McKay	...   Sid
Otto Kruger	...   Mr. Langford
Sidney Blackmer	...   The Lover
Charles Dingle	...   Sheriff Hardy

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