Film

The Ambush Murders

1982 · 1h 40m · TV Movie · Drama

IMDb

6.2

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.

James Brolin

Paul Marshall

Dorian Harewood

Ray Ellsworth

Alfre Woodard

Karisha Ellsworth

Robert G. Denison

Barnes

Louis Giambalvo

Glenn Landis

Amy Madigan

Molly Slavin

John McLiam

Judge Collier

Teddy Wilson

Jay King

Marc Alaimo

Garza

John Calvin

Dennis Bowie

Clinton Derricks-Carroll

Lyle Hawkins

John Diehl

Ferguson

Woody Eney

Bishop

Dorothy Fielding

Beth

Sean Roche

Hoyt

Antonio Fargas

Vaness

• Steven Hilliard SternDirector
• Tony KaydenWriter
• Ben Bradlee Jr.Novel
• David GoldsmithProducer
• Charles W. FriesExecutive Producer
• Frank V. PhillipsDirector of Photography
• Paul ChiharaOriginal Music Composer
• Richard PattersonEditor
• Judith HolstraCasting

Release date

January 5, 1982

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

TV Movie, Drama

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