The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
6 women at the mercy of the west's most dangerous outlaws !
83 min
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.
- Release date
- July 29, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Sol Kaplan
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Cast
- Glenn Ford as Jim Canfield
- Gene Tierney as Marcia Stoddard
- Zachary Scott as Johnny Greer
- Ann Dvorak as Rachel Schaeffer
- Ethel Barrymore as Granny
- Cyril Cusack as Edward 'Limey' Cockerell
- Richard Hylton as Clyde Maxwell
- Barbara Bates as Barbara Purcell
- Helen Westcott as Susan Haggerty
- Jeanette Nolan as Harriet Purcell
- Ruth Donnelly as Mary Fancher
- Harry Carter as Rudy Schaeffer
- Mary Carroll as Millie Gower (uncredited)
- Raymond Greenleaf as Tom Fancher (uncredited)
- Jack Lambert as Matt Anderson (uncredited)
- William F. Leicester as Luke Haggerty (uncredited)
- Tom London as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
- Dale Robertson as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
- Houseley Stevenson as Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)
- Ray Teal as Sheriff Cromwell (uncredited)
- Max Wagner as Jack Purcell (uncredited)
- John Marshall as Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
- Michael Gordon · Director
- Oscar Saul · Writer
- Victor Trivas · Writer
- Anna Hunger · Writer
- Jack Pollexfen · Writer
- Frank P. Rosenberg · Producer
- Sol Kaplan · Composer
- Leo Tover · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor