Il segreto del lago (1951)
Tom è un solitario adolescente introverso e problematico che vive con la madre Elaine con la quale si è appena trasferito in una casa ereditata. Quando Tom esplora il vicino lago stagionale, alimentato da un misterioso e pericoloso fiume sotterraneo che scorre a intermittenza, scopre nell'acqua i resti di un neonato. Elaine, trovandosi in difficoltà, ha bisogno dell'aiuto del vicino di casa Ward che sorveglia gelosamente la figlia Holly, una ragazza manipolatrice che ha un debole per Tom. Mentre Ward farà di tutto per evitare che la gente sappia del neonato, Holly, intuendo che Tom ha trovato i resti, lo spingerà a uccidere il padre.
Direttore:
Michael Gordon
Scrittore:
Oscar Saul
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Glenn Ford as Jim Canfield |
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Gene Tierney as Marcia Stoddard |
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Zachary Scott as Johnny Greer |
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Ann Dvorak as Rachel Schaeffer |
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Ethel Barrymore as Granny |
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Cyril Cusack as Edward "Limey" Cockerell |
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Richard Hylton as Clyde Maxwell |
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Barbara Bates as Barbara Purcell |
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Helen Westcott as Susan Haggerty |
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Jeanette Nolan as Harriet Purcell |
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Ruth Donnelly as Mary Fancher |
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Harry Carter as Rudy Schaeffer |
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Mary Carroll as Millie Gower (uncredited) |
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Charles Flynn as Steve Gower (uncredited) |
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Raymond Greenleaf as Tom Fancher (uncredited) |
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Jack Lambert as Matt Anderson (uncredited) |
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William F. Leicester as Luke Haggerty (uncredited) |
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Tom London as Jerry - Posse Member (uncredited) |
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Dale Robertson as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited) |
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Houseley Stevenson as Samuel 'Pawnee Sam' Barlow (uncredited) |
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Bernard Szold as Bartender (uncredited) |
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Ray Teal as Sheriff Cromwell (uncredited) |
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Max Wagner as Jack Purcell (uncredited) |
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Forrest Burns as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Pat Combs as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Frances Endfield as Tess (uncredited) |
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Danny Fisher as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Tom Hawthorne as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Sandee Marriott as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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John Marshall as Bartender (uncredited) |
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David Post as Mike Fancher (uncredited) |
| Writing | Jack Pollexfen | Story |
| Editing | James B. Clark | Editor |
| Camera | Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Michael Gordon | Director |
| Sound | Sol Kaplan | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Writing | Victor Trivas | Adaptation |
| Writing | Anna Hunger | Story |
| Art | Richard Irvine | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Fred Sersen | Visual Effects |
| Production | Frank P. Rosenberg | Producer |
| Writing | Oscar Saul | Screenplay |
| Crew | Harold Clifton | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Ben Hecht | Additional Writing |
| Sound | Herbert W. Spencer | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Music Director |
| Sound | Earle Hagen | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Production | R.L. Hough | Assistant Production Manager |
| Art | Fred J. Rode | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Arthur von Kirbach | Sound |
| Directing | Howard B. Chapman | Assistant Director |
| Art | M. Duke Abrahams | Props |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Production | Abe Steinberg | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Art | William Beattie | Greensman |
| Directing | Ben Chapman | Assistant Director |