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