Ambush Trail

Feb 17, 1946

1h 0m

★ 0.0

WAYLAID...BY HIGH ADVENTURE ON THE RANGE!

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Western

Production Companies

PRC

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Cast

Curley Thompson

Bob Steele

Sam Hawkins

Syd Saylor

Hatch Bolton

I. Stanford Jolley

Alice Rhodes

Lorraine Miller

Henchman Al Craig

Charles King

Henchman Ed Blaine

John Cason

Miner Zeke

Budd Buster

Deputy Walter Gordon

Kermit Maynard

Henchman Owens

Frank Ellis

Marshal Dawes

Ed Cassidy

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