"Emotions . . . As Violent As The Wind-Swept Prairie !"

1946

2h 24m

6.4(176 votes)

Western

Drama

Romance

Overview

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.

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56 members

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Jennifer Jones

Pearl Chavez

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Joseph Cotten

Jesse McCanles

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Gregory Peck

Lewton "Lewt" McCanles

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Lionel Barrymore

Sen. Jackson McCanles

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Herbert Marshall

Scott Chavez

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Lillian Gish

Laura Belle McCanles

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Walter Huston

The Sinkiller

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Charles Bickford

Sam Pierce

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Harry Carey

Lem Smoot

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Joan Tetzel

Helen Langford

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Tilly Losch

Mrs. Chavez

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Butterfly McQueen

Vashti

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Scott McKay

Sid

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Otto Kruger

Mr. Langford

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Sidney Blackmer

The Lover

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Charles Dingle

Sheriff Hardy

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Griff Barnett

Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)

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John Barton

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hank Bell

McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)

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Audrey Betz

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Edward Biby

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Johnny Bond

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lovyss Bradley

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Nora Bush

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lane Chandler

Cavalry Captain (uncredited)

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George Chung

Man (uncredited)

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Tex Cooper

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Frank Cordell

Sid (uncredited)

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Tom Daly

Cowboy (uncredited)

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Tom Dillon

Train Engineer (uncredited)

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Steve Dunhill

Jake (uncredited)

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Slim Gaut

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Si Jenks

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Carmencita Johnson

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Jack Kenny

Barfly (uncredited)

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Victor Kilian

Gambler (uncredited)

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Al Kunde

Barfly (uncredited)

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Ann Kunde

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Kermit Maynard

Barfly (uncredited)

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Francis McDonald

Gambler (uncredited)

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Robert McKenzie

Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)

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Hank Patterson

Man (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Train Fireman (uncredited)

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Rose Plumer

Dancer (uncredited)

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Bob Reeves

Townsman (uncredited)

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Bert Roach

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Allen D. Sewall

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lucile Sewall

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lloyd Shaw

Barbecue Dance Caller (uncredited)

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Tom Smith

Barfly (uncredited)

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Al Taylor

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Jack Tornek

Townsman (uncredited)

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Orson Welles

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Dan White

Ed (uncredited)

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Guy Wilkerson

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hank Worden

Party Guest (uncredited)

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