Selznick's attempt to create another "Gone with the Wind" in the form of an epic Western is a complete disaster. The sets are cheesy, the script is uninteresting, and the direction is atrocious. Peck gives the worst performance of his career and is matched on the hamminess scale by Barrymore and Huston. However, Jones takes the cake. Has there ever been a worse performance by a star in a major motion picture? This movie can be viewed as a great comedy except all the laughs are unintentional. It goes on way too long and the score is overdone. The ending has to be one of the worst in all of moviedom. It only gets a rating of 3 because of some decent cinematography and the acting of Cotten and Gish.
Review of Duel in the Sun
