Scott Chavez, de vader van de halfbloed Pearl Chavez, doodt zijn vrouw en haar partner, nadat hij hen bij overspel op heterdaad heeft betrapt en wordt ter dood veroordeeld. Pearl reist naar de ranch van verwanten in Texas en wordt onthaald door haar tante Laura Belle McCanles en haar oudste zoon Jesse, die advocaat is.
Nee, helaas is Duel in the Sun nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Josef von Sternberg | Co-Director |
| Directing | Otto Brower | Co-Director |
| Directing | Sidney Franklin | Co-Director |
| Directing | William Cameron Menzies | Co-Director |
| Directing | William Dieterle | Co-Director |
| Directing | King Vidor | Director |
| Writing | David O. Selznick | Screenplay |
| Production | David O. Selznick | Producer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ray Rennahan | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Production Design |
| Art | James Basevi | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Camera | Charles P. Boyle | Additional Photography |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Writing | Niven Busch | Novel |
| Writing | Oliver H.P. Garrett | Adaptation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Martin | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Richard DeWeese | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norbert A. Myles | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Stephanoff | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Ben Hecht | Writer |
| Crew | David O. Selznick | Presenter |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Editing | Hal C. Kern | Supervising Film Editor |
| Editing | William H. Ziegler | Associate Editor |
| Editing | John Faure | Associate Editor |
| Sound | James G. Stewart | Sound Director |
| Directing | Lowell J. Farrell | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Clarence Slifer | Special Effects |
| Directing | Otto Brower | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | B. Reeves Eason | Second Unit Director |