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Robert Taylor | ... |
Ward Kinsman
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John Hodiak | ... |
Captain Ben Lorrison
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Arlene Dahl | ... |
Ann Duverall
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Don Taylor | ... |
Lt. Linus Delaney
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Jean Hagen | ... |
Martha Conovan
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Bruce Cowling | ... |
Tom Conovan
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Leon Ames | ... |
Major C.E. Breverly
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John McIntire | ... |
Frank Holly
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Pat Moriarity | ... |
Sgt. Mack
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Charles Stevens | ... |
Diablito
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Chief Thundercloud | ... |
Tana
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Ray Teal | ... |
Capt. J.R. Wolverson
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Robin Short | ... |
Lt. Storrow
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Richard Bailey | ... |
Lt. Tremaine
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Ray Bennett | ... |
Headquarters Orderly (uncredited)
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Archie Butler | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Charles Cane | ... |
Trooper Al (uncredited)
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Lane Chandler | ... |
Doc Horton (uncredited)
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Cliff Clark | ... |
Capt. Harcourt (uncredited)
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Heinie Conklin | ... |
Quartermaster (uncredited)
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Lynn Farr | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Tom B. Forman | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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William Haade | ... |
Joe (uncredited)
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Bill Hale | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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James Harrison | ... |
Sgt. Isaacs (uncredited)
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Carol Henry | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Reed Howes | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Bob Hoy | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Walt La Rue | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Florence Lake | ... |
Mrs. Wolverson (uncredited)
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Arthur M. Loew Jr. | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Hank Mann | ... |
Barber (uncredited)
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Fred McDougall | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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George Meyers | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Marta Mitrovich | ... |
Mary Carlyle (uncredited)
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Flora Nez | ... |
Indian Girl (uncredited)
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Lillian O'Malley | ... |
Settler (uncredited)
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Pat O'Malley | ... |
Officer of the Day (uncredited)
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Peter Prouse | ... |
Cpl. Evans (uncredited)
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Phil Schumacher | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Cap Somers | ... |
Sutler (uncredited)
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James Van Horn | ... |
Trooper (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sam Wood |
Written by
Marguerite Roberts | ... | (screen play) |
Luke Short | ... | (story) |
Produced by
Armand Deutsch | ... | producer |
Sam Wood | ... | producer |
Music by
Rudolph G. Kopp |
Cinematography by
Harold Lipstein | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Ben Lewis |
Art Direction by
Malcolm Brown | ||
Cedric Gibbons |
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis |
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn | ... | makeup creator |
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair styles designer |
Production Management
Dave Friedman | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Waters | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ralph S. Hurst | ... | associate set decorator |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording supervisor |
Stunts
Carol Henry | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Fred McDougall | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
James Van Horn | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Walter Plunkett | ... | costumes: women |
Helen Scovil Roup | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Music Department
Robert Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Albert Sendrey | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Leslie H. Martinson | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Charles E. Morrison | ... | technical adviser (as Col. Charles E. Morrison) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- daredo (2017) (Germany) (DVD) (as Daredo Media)
- 3Sat (2007) (Austria) (tv)
- 3sat (2007) (Switzerland) (tv)
- 3sat (2007) (Germany) (tv)
- ARD TV (2000) (Germany) (tv)
- ARD (2000) (Germany) (tv)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2000) (Germany) (tv)
- Das Erste (2000) (Germany) (tv)
- MDR Fernsehen (2001) (Germany) (tv)
- MDR (2001) (Germany) (tv)
- Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) (2001) (Germany) (tv)
- N3 (2001) (Germany) (tv)
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (2001) (Germany) (tv)
- RBB Fernsehen (2008) (Germany) (tv)
- RBB (2008) (Germany) (tv)
- Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) (2008) (Germany) (tv)
- TNT Film (2014) (Germany) (tv)
- WDR Fernsehen (2004) (Germany) (tv)
- WDR (2004) (Germany) (tv)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (2004) (Germany) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Western Electric (sound system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
In 1878, the shortest trail West through the Arizona territory passed by the foot of Bailey Mountain. Although the shortest, it also was the most dangerous route because Bailey Mountain was the stronghold of a band of renegade Apache, led by Chief Diablito. A group of land surveyors is attacked and massacred by Diablito's renegade Apache. The Indians abduct Mary Carlyle, the daughter of General Carlyle. As a result of this, Major C. E. Breverly, commandant of the nearby cavalry outpost sends a scout to find prospector and Indian guide Ward Kinsman. Kinsman is secretly mining for gold near Bailey Mountain, under the nose of Chief Diablito. At the cavalry outpost, Major Breverly requests Kinsman's assistance in saving Mary Carlyle from the Apache. Mary's sister, Ann Duverall, also demands her sister's immediate rescue but Kinsman, fearing a great loss of troopers in a confrontation with the Apache, refuses. Not being on the army's payroll allows him to refuse assignments. However, he later changes his mind when he falls for the beautiful Ann Duverall who's engaged to Captain Ben Lorrison. At the outpost, Tom Conovan, an alcoholic cavalryman frequently abuses his wife, Martha. She's having an affair with Lt. Linus Delaney who encourages her to leave her abusive husband. The affair leads to gossip and that causes frictions within ranks. Scout Ward Kinsman, leading a small scouting troop, picks up the trail of Diablito. The scouting party discovers a small group of Apache, mostly women and children. The cavalrymen raid the group of Indians and capture prisoners who, under questioning, reveal the location of Diablito's band. It's also learned that Mary Carlyle is indeed held by Diablito and that she's unharmed. At the outpost, the officers plan an expedition meant to surround and capture Diablito's renegade band. It is assumed that he will try to escape across the border into Mexico. Therefore, two cavalry troops are tasked to converge on Bailey Mountain from opposite directions in order to prevent Diablito's escape. The plan counts on the element of surprise but the Apache outnumber the cavalrymen by 3 to 1. Written by nufs68 |
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Taglines | M-G-M's Great Drama of the Adventurous West! See more » |
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Budget | $1,754,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Ambush (1950) was the last picture completed by Sam Wood, whose career stretched back to 1920. The Academy Award®-nominated director of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), Kitty Foyle (1940), and Kings Row (1942) finished work on this picture in September 1949 and was starting pre-production on No Sad Songs for Me (1950), starring Margaret Sullavan, when he was suddenly stricken with a heart attack in the offices of the Motion Picture Alliance, an organization he founded in 1944 to ferret out communists and their sympathizers in the film industry. Although known as an even-tempered and open-minded man for most of his life, Wood in his later years became increasingly vehement and conservative in his political activity, which his daughter, K.T. Stevens, said helped contribute to his death at the age of 65 on September 22, 1949. See more » |
Quotes |
Ward Kinsman:
Did you ever figure that maybe I won't get back? Lt. Linus Delaney: You'll make it. People only die when they have something to live for. Ward Kinsman: I know. That's why I'm a little worried...for the first time. See more » |