Ambush Trail (1946)

Ambush Trail

1946

Action Western

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Harry L. Fraser

Cast

Bob Steele as Curley Thompson

Budd Buster as Miner Zeke

Charles King as Henchman Al Craig

Ed Cassidy as Marshal Dawes

Frank Ellis as Henchman Owens

I. Stanford Jolley as Hatch Bolton

John Cason as Henchman Ed Blaine

Kermit Maynard as Deputy Walter Gordon