Ambush

1939
Approved
1h 22m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Lloyd Nolan and Gladys Swarthout in Ambush (1939)

Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Bank secretary Jane Hartman recognizes the truck as one on which her b... Read allFour bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Bank secretary Jane Hartman recognizes the truck as one on which her brother Charles worked. Fleeing to her brother, she is trapped by the gang: mastermind Gibb... Read allFour bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only clue to their identity. Bank secretary Jane Hartman recognizes the truck as one on which her brother Charles worked. Fleeing to her brother, she is trapped by the gang: mastermind Gibbs, gunman Sidney, and blackballed airplane pilot Randall. Under threat of bodily harm to h... Read all

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

More like this

6.1

6.0

6.2

5.9

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its initial television presentation took place in Boston Saturday 11 October 1958 on WBZ (Channel 4), followed by Chicago Wednesday 14 January 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2). Not exactly a frequent flyer, nearly a half year later, it was once again taken out of the vault and enjoyed its first airings in Omaha 2 June 1959 on KETV (Channel 7) and in Denver 4 June 1959 on KBTV); 1 few months later, it aired in Seattle 15 October 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Minneapolis 29 November 1959 on WTCN (Channel 11), in Milwaukee 5 December 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), in St. Louis 16 December 1959 on KMOX (Channel 4), in Detroit 10 January 1960 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Toledo 31 January 1960 on WTOL (Channel 11), and, finally, in New York City 20 July 1960 on WCBS (Channel 2).

User reviews4

Review

Featured review

5/10

Fills An Hour Adequately

A gang headed by the the malign Ernest Truex has just robbed the Bank of the Pacific. While police inspector William Frawley goes through a police procedural to identify them, they're looking for a ride out. Innocent Gladys Swarthout, the sister of one of the gang who has been shot, recruits truck driver Lloyd Nolan to get through the police blockade.

There's some potentially interesting casting against type, including Broderick Crawford in an eyepatch, but this definite B picture from Paramount relies on a script by S. J. Perelman and his wife, and the wan appeal of the leads. It's a pleasant time-waster.