The Secret of Convict Lake

6.569

83 minutes

7/29/1951

Overview

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.

Cast List

Glenn Ford
as Jim Canfield
Gene Tierney
as Marcia Stoddard
Zachary Scott
as Johnny Greer
Ann Dvorak
as Rachel Schaeffer
Ethel Barrymore
as Granny
Cyril Cusack
as Edward "Limey" Cockerell
Richard Hylton
as Clyde Maxwell
Barbara Bates
as Barbara Purcell
Helen Westcott
as Susan Haggerty
Jeanette Nolan
as Harriet Purcell
Ruth Donnelly
as Mary Fancher
Harry Carter
as Rudy Schaeffer
Mary Carroll
as Millie Gower (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
as Steve Gower (uncredited)
Raymond Greenleaf
as Tom Fancher (uncredited)
Jack Lambert
as Matt Anderson (uncredited)
William F. Leicester
as Luke Haggerty (uncredited)
Tom London
as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited)
Dale Robertson
as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Houseley Stevenson
as Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited)
Bernard Szold
as Bartender (uncredited)
Ray Teal
as Sheriff Cromwell (uncredited)
Max Wagner
as Jack Purcell (uncredited)
Forrest Burns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Pat Combs
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Frances Endfield
as Tess (uncredited)
Danny Fisher
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Tom Hawthorne
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Sandee Marriott
as Minor Role (uncredited)
John Marshall
as Bartender (uncredited)
David Post
as Mike Fancher (uncredited)