The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Gordon
Written byVictor Trivas
(adaptation)
Screenplay byOscar Saul
Based on(from the story by)
Anna Hunger
Jack Pollexfen
Produced byFrank P. Rosenberg
StarringGlenn Ford
Gene Tierney
Ethel Barrymore
Zachary Scott
CinematographyLeo Tover
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music bySol Kaplan
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • July 29, 1951 (1951-07-29) (Los Angeles)
  • August 3, 1951 (1951-08-03) (New York City)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,350,000 (US rentals)

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. The story is fiction, based on legends of Convict Lake, located in the Sierra Nevada mountain ranges of northern California. and a short story by Anna Hunger and Jack Pollexfen. The film is the final role for Ann Dvorak before her retirement from the screen.