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 | Otto Brower | Co-Director |
| Directing | William Dieterle | Co-Director |
| Directing | Josef von Sternberg | Co-Director |
| Directing | Sidney Franklin | Co-Director |
| Directing | William Cameron Menzies | Co-Director |
| Writing | David O. Selznick | Screenplay |
| Directing | King Vidor | Director |
| Art | James Basevi | Art Direction |
| Camera | Charles P. Boyle | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Art | J. McMillan Johnson | Production Design |
| Production | David O. Selznick | Producer |
| Camera | Ray Rennahan | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Writing | Oliver H.P. Garrett | Adaptation |
| Writing | Niven Busch | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Martin | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Richard DeWeese | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norbert A. Myles | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| 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 |
