Film

Ambush

1939 · 1h 22m · Drama · Crime

HOW DID HE GET AWAY WITH IT!

IMDb

5.6

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.

Gladys Swarthout

Jane Hartman

Lloyd Nolan

Tony Andrews

William Henry

Charlie Hartman

William Frawley

Inspector J.L. Weber

Ernest Truex

Mr. Gibbs

Broderick Crawford

Randall

Rufe Davis

Centerville Sheriff

Richard Denning

Police Garage Mechanic

John Hartley

Sidney Blue

Antonio Moreno

Captain Mike Gonzalez

Harry Fleischmann

Captain Bosen

Clem Bevans

Pop Stebbins

Max Hoffman Jr.

Motorcycle Officer Sam Moore

Archie Twitchell

Bank Teller

Jane Dewey

Mother at Restaurant

Billy Lee

Boy at Restaurant

• Kurt NeumannDirector
• Laura PerelmanScreenplay
• S.J. PerelmanScreenplay
• Robert RayStory

Release date

January 20, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Crime

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