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Ambush

Ambush

# HOW DID HE GET AWAY WITH IT!
Drama   Crime
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1939-01-20
⌚ Running Time: 82 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.0

Beloved Cast

Gladys Swarthout original image
Jane Hartman
Gladys Swarthout
Lloyd Nolan original image
Tony Andrews
Lloyd Nolan
William Henry original image
Charlie Hartman
William Henry
William Frawley original image
Inspector J.L. Weber
William Frawley
Ernest Truex original image
Mr. Gibbs
Ernest Truex
Broderick Crawford original image
Randall
Broderick Crawford
Rufe Davis original image
Centerville Sheriff
Rufe Davis
Richard Denning original image
Police Garage Mechanic
Richard Denning
John Hartley original image
Sidney Blue
John Hartley
Antonio Moreno original image
Captain Mike Gonzalez
Antonio Moreno
Harry Fleischmann original image
Captain Bosen
Harry Fleischmann
Clem Bevans original image
Pop Stebbins
Clem Bevans
Max Hoffman Jr. original image
Motorcycle Officer Sam Moore
Max Hoffman Jr.
Archie Twitchell original image
Bank Teller
Archie Twitchell
Jane Dewey original image
Mother at Restaurant
Jane Dewey
Billy Lee original image
Boy at Restaurant
Billy Lee
Polly Moran original image
Cora, diner owner
Polly Moran
Wade Boteler original image
Bank Guard Riley
Wade Boteler
George Melford original image
Bank President Wales
George Melford

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