Ambush
5
82 minutes
1/20/1939
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.
Cast List
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