Ambush

Ambush

82 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 20, 1939

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.

Ambush

82 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 20, 1939

Ambush
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.
Producers Paramount
Original title Ambush
Directors Kurt Neumann
Writers Robert Ray, Laura Perelman, S.J. Perelman

Cast

Gladys Swarthout

as Jane Hartman

Lloyd Nolan

as Tony Andrews

William Henry

as Charlie Hartman

William Frawley

as Inspector J.L. Weber

Ernest Truex

as Mr. Gibbs

Broderick Crawford

as Randall

Rufe Davis

as Centerville Sheriff

Richard Denning

as Police Garage Mechanic

John Hartley

as Sidney Blue

Antonio Moreno

as Captain Mike Gonzalez

Harry Fleischmann

as Captain Bosen

Clem Bevans

as Pop Stebbins

Max Hoffman Jr.

as Motorcycle Officer Sam Moore

Archie Twitchell

as Bank Teller

Jane Dewey

as Mother at Restaurant

Billy Lee

as Boy at Restaurant

Polly Moran

as Cora, diner owner

Wade Boteler

as Bank Guard Riley

George Melford

as Bank President Wales