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The Secret of Convict Lake

6 women at the mercy of the west's most dangerous outlaws !

6.6(32)19511h 23m2

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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Language
English
  • california
  • snowstorm
  • prison escape
  • sierra nevada
  • escaped convict
  • 19th century

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Behind the camera

Writers

Oscar Saul

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California29 Jul 1951
    • Theatrical3 Aug 1951

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The Secret of Convict Lake was released on 29 July 1951.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    7/13/2018

    7/10

    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 to kill one man. I …

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    CinemaSerf

    2/17/2024

    7/10

    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 danger in the middl…

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