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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. [2] 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.
The Secret of Convict Lake: Directed by Michael Gordon. With Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethel Barrymore, Zachary Scott. In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife.
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- Michael Gordon
- 1951-09-08
Convict Lake ( Mono: Wit-sa-nap) is a lake located in Mono County, California, United States, situated in the Sherwin Range of the Sierra Nevada. It is known for its turquoise-blue water, the dramatic mountains (including Mount Morrison) that surround it, the trout fishing it affords, and its unusual history.
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.
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.
In 1871 a convict escapes, with other prisoners, to kill the man that framed him, but has second thoughts after meeting the man's beautiful future wife. Jim Canfield, convicted of a crime he did not commit, escapes a Nevada prison with several hardened criminals.
Michael Gordon’s The Secret of Convict Lake is an excellent Western noir crossover that pits a gang of fugitives looking for stolen loot against a small group of lonely but tough broads (their men are off gold prospecting) in a cozy, rustic settlement on Lake Diablo surrounded by Rocky Mountain harshness. Once the prison escapees make ...