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The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Secret of Convict Lake is a 1951 American Western film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore and Zachary Scott. [2] The film was a critical and commercial success. The story is fiction, based on legends of Convict Lake, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges of northern California.
The Secret of Convict Lake: Directed by Michael Gordon. With Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott. In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife.
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- Western
- Michael Gordon
- 1951-09-08
While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women.
Michael Gordon’s The Secret of Convict Lake is an excellent Western noir crossover that pits a gang of fugitives looking for stolen loot against a small group of lonely but tough broads (their men are off gold prospecting) in a cozy, rustic settlement on Lake Diablo surrounded by Rocky Mountain harshness. Once the prison escapees make ...
The exceptional cast includes Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Nolan, Helen Westcott and Ruth Donnelly. There's also an impressive performance from Robert Hylton an actor with potential who should have had a bigger career in Hollywood. 45 out of 47 found this helpful. Was this review helpful?
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Director. Oscar Saul. Screenplay. Jack Pollexfen. Story. Anna Hunger. Story. After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses.
