The Secret of Convict Lake
6 women at the mercy of the west's most dangerous outlaws !
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. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.
- 6.6
- 1951
- Released
- 1h 23m
Glenn Ford
Jim Canfield
Gene Tierney
Marcia Stoddard
Zachary Scott
Johnny Greer
Ann Dvorak
Rachel Schaeffer
Ethel Barrymore
Granny
Cyril Cusack
Edward "Limey" Cockerell
Richard Hylton
Clyde Maxwell
Barbara Bates
Barbara Purcell
Helen Westcott
Susan Haggerty
Jeanette Nolan
Harriet Purcell
Ruth Donnelly
Mary Fancher
Harry Carter
Rudy Schaeffer
Mary Carroll
Millie Gower (uncredited)Charles Flynn
Steve Gower (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
Tom Fancher (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
Matt Anderson (uncredited)William F. Leicester
Luke Haggerty (uncredited)
Tom London
Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
Dale Robertson
Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson
Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)Bernard Szold
Bartender (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Sheriff Cromwell (uncredited)Max Wagner
Jack Purcell (uncredited)Forrest Burns
Minor Role (uncredited)Pat Combs
Minor Role (uncredited)Frances Endfield
Tess (uncredited)Danny Fisher
Minor Role (uncredited)Tom Hawthorne
Minor Role (uncredited)Sandee Marriott
Minor Role (uncredited)John Marshall
Bartender (uncredited)David Post
Mike Fancher (uncredited)
Released
en
- #california
- #snowstorm
- #prison escape
- #sierra nevada
- #escaped convict
- #19th century
Reviews
Zachary Scott is quite menacing in this chilly tale of half a dozen escaped convicts who find themselves caught up in the wintery weather on the look out for shelter - and for $40,000! When they arrive at a remote village they discover that the men are all away and that under the imperious guidance of "Granny" (Ethel Barrymorre) it's the wives and children who are left. Not that they'd expect much
The Convict Conundrum. The Secret of Convict Lake is directed by Michael Gordon and collectively written by Anna Hunger, Jack Pollexfen, Oscar Saul and Victor Trivas. It stars Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hylton, Helen Westcott, and Jeanette Nolan. Music is by Sol Kaplan and cinematography by Leo Tover. I came here