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Ambush is a american film of genre Drama directed by Kurt Neumann released in USA on 20 january 1939 with Lloyd Nolan

Ambush (1939)

Ambush
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Released in USA 20 january 1939
Length 1h22
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating56% 2.8351352.8351352.8351352.8351352.835135

Ambush is a 1939 American drama film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Laura Perelman and S. J. Perelman. The film stars Gladys Swarthout, Lloyd Nolan, William "Bill" Henry, William Frawley, Ernest Truex and Broderick Crawford. The film was released on January 20, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.

Actors

Lloyd Nolan

(Tony Andrews)Gladys Swarthout

(Jane Hartman)William Henry

(Charlie Hartman)William Frawley

(Inspector J.L. Weber)Ernest Truex

(Mr. Gibbs)
And :
Broderick Crawford
Richard Denning
Antonio Moreno
Clem Bevans
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