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Colorado Ambush
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Colorado Ambush

1951-01-14 · 52 min · ★ 7.5

Western

As was customary in his late Monogram westerns, Johnny Mack Brown plays an undercover agent in Colorado Ambush. Brown is sent to Colorado to stem the activities of a particularly vicious outlaw gang

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Directors
Lewis D. Collins
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Johnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack BrownJohnny Mack Brown
Myron HealeyMyron HealeyChet Murdock
Lois HallLois HallJanet Williams
Tommy FarrellTommy FarrellTerry Williams
Christine McIntyreChristine McIntyreMae Star
Lee RobertsLee RobertsHenchman Gus
Marshall BradfordMarshall BradfordBen Williams
Lyle TalbotLyle TalbotSheriff Ed Lowery

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