Ambush (1950)

Directed by

Sam Wood

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

U

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An army scout is assigned to rescue a kidnapped woman from a dangerous Apache leader. He leads a small group through harsh terrain to find her.

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What happens

Ambush is a 1950 American MGM Western film starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl and directed by Sam Wood, his final film in a career that spanned more than 30 years The film is based on the serial story Ambush by Luke Short that was published in The Saturday Evening Post from December 25, 1948 to February 12, 1949. Principal photography occurred on location at the Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley, California. Additional location work took place in and around Gallup, New Mexico. Ambush was the first MGM film released in the 1950s (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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