| The Secret of Convict Lake | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Written by | Victor Trivas (adaptation) |
| Screenplay by | Oscar Saul |
| Based on | (from the story by) Anna Hunger Jack Pollexfen |
| Produced by | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| Starring | Glenn Ford Gene Tierney Ethel Barrymore Zachary Scott |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Music by | Sol Kaplan |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,350,000 (US rentals)[1] |
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.[3][4] and a short story by Anna Hunger and Jack Pollexfen.[5] The film is the final role for Ann Dvorak before her retirement from the screen.
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', Variety, January 2, 1952
- ^ Maddrey, Joseph (2016). The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western film. McFarland. p. 175. ISBN 9781476625492. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Ford, Peter (2011). Glenn Ford: A Life. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 113. ISBN 9780299281533. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ Thomson, David (2014). The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Sixth Edition. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 66. ISBN 9781101874707. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ "The Screen in Review; 'Secret of Convict Lake,' Depicting Desperadoes and Helpless Women of 1870's, Is Bill at Globe". The New York Times. August 4, 1951. Retrieved June 21, 2020.