
Rawhide(1951)
At a desolate relay station in the west, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held captive by a band of escaped convicts.


“6 women at the mercy of the west's most dangerous outlaws !”
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.

Glenn Ford
Jim Canfield

Gene Tierney
Marcia Stoddard

Zachary Scott
Johnny Greer

Ann Dvorak
Rachel Schaeffer

Ethel Barrymore
Granny

Cyril Cusack
Edward "Limey" Cockerell

Richard Hylton
Clyde Maxwell

Barbara Bates
Barbara Purcell

Helen Westcott
Susan Haggerty

Jeanette Nolan
Harriet Purcell
The Secret of Convict Lake is a western film released in 1951 exploring themes of california, snowstorm, prison escape, sierra nevada, escaped convict, 19th century. Directed by Michael Gordon, it stars Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott. 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.
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