The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) (DVD) (*)

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English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Mono )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1951 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Michael Gordon

Written By:
Anna Hunger
Jack Pollexfen

Actors:
Glenn Ford ..... Jim Canfield
Gene Tierney ..... Marcia Stoddard
Ethel Barrymore ..... Granny
Zachary Scott ..... Johnny Greer
Ann Dvorak ..... Rachel Schaeffer
Barbara Bates ..... Barbara Purcell
Cyril Cusack ..... Edward 'Limey' Cockerell
Richard Hylton ..... Clyde Maxwell
Helen Westcott ..... Susan Haggerty
Jeanette Nolan ..... Harriet Purcell
Ruth Donnelly ..... Mary Fancher
Harry Carter ..... Rudy Schaeffer

Synopsis:

Jim Canfield, convicted of a crime he did not commit, escapes a Nevada prison with several hardened criminals. He leads them to the small farming community home of the man who not only framed him, but committed the crime. But Jim's plans for revenge are put on hold when he discovers that the local men have all joined the posse in the convict's pursuit, leaving their women behind. He soon becomes attracted to the beautiful and resourceful Marcia, who turns out to be the fiance of the man who framed him. Can Jim protect the women from his less-civilized comrades, fall under Marcia's humanizing influence and still maintain his murderous resolve?

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.

Five convicts arrive at a village in the 1870's, in two groups with differing aims, one to find loot and another to clear the charge which led to the sentence. After battle and murder hero and heroine settle down.

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