
Colorado Ambush
Western
Overview
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
Top Cast


Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown


Myron Healey
Myron Healey
Chet Murdock
Myron Healey
Chet Murdock


Lois Hall
Lois Hall
Janet Williams
Lois Hall
Janet Williams


Tommy Farrell
Tommy Farrell
Terry Williams
Tommy Farrell
Terry Williams


Christine McIntyre
Christine McIntyre
Mae Star
Christine McIntyre
Mae Star


Lee Roberts
Lee Roberts
Henchman Gus
Lee Roberts
Henchman Gus
Marshall Bradford
Marshall Bradford
Ben Williams
Marshall Bradford
Ben Williams


Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot
Sheriff Ed Lowery
Lyle Talbot
Sheriff Ed Lowery
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