Ambush at Cimarron Pass is a 1958 Western

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 film directed by Jodie Copelan starring Scott Brady

Scott Brady

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 and Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

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 (third billed, later first billed upon reissue).
The film also features Margia Dean, Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

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, Frank Gerstle, Baynes Barron, and William Vaughn

William Vaughn

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. To date, it has never been released on home video, and is the first and only feature film ever directed by Copelan, who was primarily a film editor.

Plot

Eastwood appears as a Southern cowboy Keith Williams who is upset over having to join up with a group of Yankees who have been attacked by the same group of Indians. Most film guides include in their entry for this film a quote attributed to Eastwood, "probably the lousiest Western ever made."

Cast

• Scott Brady
  Scott Brady
  Scott Brady was an American film and television actor.Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ...
  
  ... Sergeant Matt Blake
• Margia Dean ... Teresa Santos
• Clint Eastwood
  Clint Eastwood
  Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
  
  ... Keith Williams
• Irving Bacon ... Judge Stanfield
• Frank Gerstle ... Capt. Sam Prescott
• Ray Boyle ... Johnny Willows (billed as Dirk London)
• Baynes Barron ... Corbin the Gunrunner
• William Vaughn ... Henry the Scout
• Ken Mayer ... Corporal Schwitzer
• John Damler ... Private Zach
• Keith Richards ... Private Lasky
• John Frederick ... Private Nathan (billed as John Merrick)