Genre			Western
Length			2:09
Director			King Vidor
Writer			Niven Busch Oliver H.P. Garrett
Company			Selznick Releasing Organization
Starring			Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Gregory Peck Lionel Barrymore Herbert Marshall Lillian Gish Show more... Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Gregory Peck Lionel Barrymore Herbert Marshall Lillian Gish Walter Huston Charles Bickford Harry Carey Joan Tetzel Tilly Losch Butterfly McQueen Scott McKay Otto Kruger Sidney Blackmer

After her father's death, Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is taken in by distant relative Laura Belle McCanles (Lillian Gish), whose husband, Senator (Lionel Barrymore), is a Texas cattle baron of immense wealth. She soons finds herself attracted to the two McCanles sons: the magnetic hell-raiser Lewt (Gregory Peck) and the educated, restrained Jesse (Joseph Cotten). Since Pearl is presumed to have inherited her mother's hot-blooded disposition, she's tagged as a bad girl by Lewt, who quickly makes a pass at her without success. But with Jesse away on business, she and Lewt eventually become lovers, although she still can't decide which of the two she loves. Meanwhile, Senator is embroiled in a dispute over the invasion of his property by railroad interests, becoming enraged when Jesse chooses the pen over the shotgun as a negotiating tool.