Ambush (1950 film)
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Ambush is a 1950 American Western film directed by Sam Wood and starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl. The plot is based on the serial story Ambush by Luke Short in The Saturday Evening Post (25 December 1948 – 12 February 1949). It is also the first MGM film in the 1950s'. [3]
1950 film by Sam Wood
| Ambush | |
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Screenplay by | Marguerite Roberts |
| Based on | Ambush 1948 story in The Saturday Evening Post by Luke Short |
| Produced by | Armand Deutsch, Sam Wood |
| Starring | Robert Taylor John Hodiak Arlene Dahl |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,754,000[2] |
| Box office | $3,215,000[2] |
The movie was filmed on location at the Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley, California, home of hundreds of western movies and television shows through the decades as well as such outdoor action films as The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Jungle Jim (1948). Additional location work for the film took place in and around Gallup, New Mexico.[4]