The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
1h 23m
Running Time
July 29, 1951Release Date
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
1h 23m
Running Time
July 29, 1951Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Release DateJuly 29, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsColorado, United States of America
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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. 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. and a short story by Anna Hunger and Jack Pollexfen. The film is the final role for Ann Dvorak before her retirement from the screen.