Ambush (1950 film)

Ambush
Film poster
Directed bySam Wood
Screenplay byMarguerite Roberts
Based onAmbush
1948 story in The Saturday Evening Post
by Luke Short
Produced byArmand Deutsch, Sam Wood
StarringRobert Taylor
John Hodiak
Arlene Dahl
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byRudolph G. Kopp
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 21, 1949 (1949-12-21)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,754,000
Box office$3,215,000

Ambush is a 1950 American MGM Western film starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl and directed by Sam Wood, his final film in a career that spanned more than 30 years

The film is based on the serial story Ambush by Luke Short that was published in The Saturday Evening Post from December 25, 1948 to February 12, 1949.

Principal photography occurred on location at the Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley, California. Additional location work took place in and around Gallup, New Mexico.

Ambush was the first MGM film released in the 1950s