The Secret of Convict Lake

1951

The Secret of Convict Lake

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Glenn Ford plays a convict who breaks out of a 19th century Nevada prison in the company of several less handsome inmates. When they enter a snowbound California village, they find that all the men have left to prospect for silver; only the women remain. The village is known as Convict Lake because, years earlier, $40,000 of stolen money was hidden somewhere in the area. Town matriarch Ethel Barrymore seems to know where it is, but she ain't talkin'. After recovering the money, the convicts are forced to shoot it out with the returning menfolk. All prisoners are rounded up by the law except for Glenn Ford, who has fortuitously been cleared of false charges, allowing him a fadeout embrace with costar Gene Tierney. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Western
Directed By:

Michael Gordon
Written By:

Victor Trivas, Oscar Saul
In Theaters:

Aug 3, 1951 limited
Runtime:

83 minutes
Studio:

20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Glenn Ford
as Canfield

Gene Tierney
as Marcia Stoddard

Ethel Barrymore
as Granny

Zachary Scott
as Greer

Ann Dvorak
as Rachel

Barbara Bates
as Barbara Purcell

Cyril Cusack
as Limey

Richard Hylton
as Clyde Maxwell

Helen Westcott
as Susan Haggerty

Jeanette Nolan
as Harriet

Ruth Donnelly
as Mary

Harry Carter
as Rudy

Jack Lambert
as Matt Anderson

Mary Carroll
as Millie Gower

Houseley Stevenson Sr.
as Pawnee Sam

Charles Flynn
as Steve Gower

David Post
as Mike Fancher

Max Wagner
as Jack Purcell

Raymond Greenleaf
as Tom Fancher

William Leicester
as Luke Haggerty

Frances Endfield
as Tess

Bernard Szold
as Bartender

Ray Teal
as Sheriff

Tom London
as Jerry

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Critic Reviews for The Secret of Convict Lake

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The predictable feel-good melodrama is watchable because of Ford and Tierney.

Apr 26, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
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Audience Reviews for The Secret of Convict Lake

Jul 01, 2015

Decent drama with a western setting. What distinguishes this from the many like it is the cast. Only in studio era Hollywood would a routine western have a cast roll that consisted of Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott, Jeanette Nolan and the great Ann Dvorak, whose final theatrical feature this was. At a brisk 80 minutes this keeps the tension taut throughout.

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