Ambush Trail (1946)
WAYLAID...BY HIGH ADVENTURE ON THE RANGE!
60 min
One of four western films made for PRC by bantam-weight Bob Steele, Ambush Trail stars Steele as cowpoke Curley Thompson. The villain of the piece intends to bankrupt all the local ranchers and grab up the surrounding property for himself. But with Curley involved, the bad guy and his minions don't have a chance. The screenplay, by D. W. Griffith alumnus Elmer Clifton, is a medley of western cliches, pausing every so often for a first-rate action sequence. Perennial sagebrush sidekick Sid Saylor provides negligible comedy relief.
- Release date
- February 17, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bob Steele as Curley Thompson
- Syd Saylor as Sam Hawkins
- I. Stanford Jolley as Hatch Bolton
- Lorraine Miller as Alice Rhodes
- Charles King as Al Craig
- John Cason as Ed Blaine
- Budd Buster as Zeke (Jim Haley in credits)
- Kermit Maynard as Walter Gordon
- Frank Ellis as Owens
- Ed Cassidy as Marshal Dawes
Crew
- Harry L. Fraser · Director
- Elmer Clifton · Writer
- Arthur Alexander · Producer
- Jack Greenhalgh · Cinematographer
- Roy V. Livingston · Editor