31/12/1946
Quando seu pai é enforcado por atirar em sua esposa e seu amante, a linda mestiça Pérola Chavez vai morar com parentes distantes no Texas. Acolhida por Laura Belle e seu filho mais velho advogado Jesse, ela se choca com a hostilidade do proprietário do rancho o senador Jackson McCanles, que vive em uma cadeira de rodas, e com o interesse lascivo do mulherengo e rebelde de seu filho mais novo Lewt. Quase imediatamente as tensões familiares já existentes são exacerbadas pela sua presença e pela forma como ela está fisicamente atraída por Lewt.
Jennifer Jones
as Pearl Chavez
Joseph Cotten
as Jesse McCanles
Gregory Peck
as Lewton "Lewt" McCanles
Lionel Barrymore
as Sen. Jackson McCanles
Herbert Marshall
as Scott Chavez
Lillian Gish
as Laura Belle McCanles
Walter Huston
as The Sinkiller
Charles Bickford
as Sam Pierce
Harry Carey
as Lem Smoot
Joan Tetzel
as Helen Langford
Tilly Losch
as Mrs. Chavez
Butterfly McQueen
as Vashti
Scott McKay
as Sid
Otto Kruger
as Mr. Langford
Sidney Blackmer
as The Lover
Charles Dingle
as Sheriff Hardy
Griff Barnett
as Bordertown Jailer (uncredited)
John Barton
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Bell
as McCanles' Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Audrey Betz
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward Biby
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Johnny Bond
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Nora Bush
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
George Chung
as Man (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Cordell
as Sid (uncredited)
Tom Daly
as Cowboy (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
Steve Dunhill
as Jake (uncredited)
Slim Gaut
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Si Jenks
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
as Barfly (uncredited)
Victor Kilian
as Gambler (uncredited)
Al Kunde
as Barfly (uncredited)
Ann Kunde
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
as Barfly (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
as Gambler (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
as Zeke the Bartender (uncredited)
Hank Patterson
as Man (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Train Fireman (uncredited)
Rose Plumer
as Dancer (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
as Townsman (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lloyd Shaw
as Barbecue Dance Caller (uncredited)
Tom Smith
as Barfly (uncredited)
Al Taylor
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
as Townsman (uncredited)
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Dan White
as Ed (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Hank Worden
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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