the way home, the men of the town stop in a saloon. Rudy Schaeffer spots a wanted poster, so the alarmed men race back to their families. Clyde Maxwell, the youngest convict, a psychotic, cannot control his murderous impulses whenever someone resists him. He takes Barbara on a long walk and tries to kiss her. Barbara tries to pull away and he pulls out a machete. Canfield, riding back with Marcia, hears Barbara's cries and arrives in time to intervene. In the ensuing struggle, Maxwell stabs Canfield in the shoulder. Maxwell chases after Barbara, but the other women, who are out looking for her, kill him with a pitchfork. Greer has no trouble taking the wounded Canfield's gun. Rachel finds the $40,000 in a trunk belonging to her brother, Rudy. She gives it to Marcia to give it to the men to leave. Marcia gives it to Greer to get him to stop beating Canfield. Schaeffer and his men arrive back in the small town and confront the convicts. In a gunfight, Cockerell and Anderson are shot. Greer flees up the mountain, chased by all but Schaeffer. Greer drops the $40,000. He tries to pick it up, is shot, and falls to his death. Schaeffer goes for the stolen money. Canfield comes up behind him and at gunpoint, telling Schaeffer to confess. Marcia runs up behind screaming. As Canfield half turns to her, Schaeffer spins around and draws his gun and waits for Canfield to shoot him. The sheriff and his posse arrive. When he asks about the five fugitives (they found the frozen sixth man earlier), Granny shows him five newly-dug graves (the 4 convicts and Schaeffer). The others, including a somber Rachel (despite the death of her brother), go along, and the sheriff is satisfied. The narrator claims the story is true and reveals the lake was renamed Convict Lake. Cast Glenn Ford as Jim Canfield Gene Tierney as Marcia Stoddard Ethel Barrymore as Granny Zachary Scott as Johnny Greer Ann Dvorak as Rachel Shaeffer Barbara Bates as Barbara Purcell Cyril Cusack as Edward 'Limey' Cockerell Richard Hylton as Clyde Maxwell Helen Westcott as Susan Haggerty Jeanette Nolan as Harriet Purcell Ruth Donnelly as Mary Fancher Harry Benjamin Carter as Rudy Schaeffer References External links 1951 films 1951 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Michael Gordon Films shot in Colorado 20th