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Ambush (1939)

HOW DID HE GET AWAY WITH IT!

Genre : Drama, Crime

Runtime : 1H 22M

Director : Kurt Neumann
Writer : Laura Perelman, S.J. Perelman

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Laura Perelman
Laura Perelman
Screenplay
Kurt Neumann
Kurt Neumann
Director
S.J. Perelman
S.J. Perelman
Screenplay
Robert Ray
Robert Ray
Story

Posters and backgrounds

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