Ambush
1939, English. Directed by Kurt Neumann.
HOW DID HE GET AWAY WITH IT!
Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Jane Hartman, bank secretary, recognizes the truck as one on which her brother Charles worked. Fleeing to her brother, she is trapped by the gang, composed of its master-mind, Gibbs, Sidney, a gunman, and Randall, a blackballed airplane pilot. Under threat of bodily harm to her brother, she lures truck-driver Tony Andrews to the hideout, and he is forced to help them in their escape attempt.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Kurt NeumannDirector
- Gladys SwarthoutJane Hartman
- Lloyd NolanTony Andrews
- William HenryCharlie Hartman
- William FrawleyInspector J.L. Weber
- Ernest TruexMr. Gibbs
- Broderick CrawfordRandall
- Rufe DavisCenterville Sheriff
- Richard DenningPolice Garage Mechanic
- John HartleySidney Blue
- Antonio MorenoCaptain Mike Gonzalez
- Harry FleischmannCaptain Bosen
- Clem BevansPop Stebbins
Details
- Released
- 20 January 1939
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Laura Perelman, S.J. Perelman, Robert Ray
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Ambush runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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Ambush is rated NR in India. Check the rating guidance before watching with young children.
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Who directed Ambush?
Ambush (1939) was directed by Kurt Neumann and stars Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, William Henry.