''Canyon Ambush'' is a 1952 American

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film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by

Joseph F. Poland Joseph Franklin Poland (September 4, 1892 – March 23, 1962) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for more than 130 films between 1913 and 1954. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmog ...

. The film stars

Johnny Mack Brown John Brown (September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974) was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films. Early life Born and raise ...

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Phyllis Coates Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell; January 15, 1927) is an American former actress, with a career spanning over fifty years. She is best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film '' Superman and the Mole Men'' an ...

Hugh Prosser Hugh Prosser (March 2, 1907 – November 8, 1952) was a Hollywood actor who appeared in over 90 films between 1936 and 1953. A native of Illinois, Prosser was a versatile supporting performer particularly adept at playing unscrupulous villa ...

, Dennis Moore and

Marshall Reed Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado. Early years Reed's parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By a ...

. The film was released on October 12, 1952, by

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Plot

Agent Johnny Mack Brown is called to Border City, Wyoming, by the U.S. government and ordered to catch a gang of outlaws led by a mysterious masked man that is murdering ranchers and holding up stagecoach drivers. The female editor of the town newspaper, Marian Gaylord, and the sheriff Bob Conway, start an anti-crime campaign. Agent Brown discovers that some members of the gang actually work in town government, and even discovers the identity of the gang's masked leader.

Cast

as Johnny Mack Brown *

as Bob Conway *

as Marian Gaylord *

as George Millarde * Dennis Moore as Henry Lockwood *

as Macklin *

Denver Pyle Denver Dell Pyle (May 11, 1920 – December 25, 1997) was an American film and television actor and director. He was well known for a number of TV roles from the 1960s through the 1980s, including his portrayal of Briscoe Darling Jr. in s ...

as Tom Carlton *

Pierce Lyden Pierce W. Lyden (January 8, 1908 – October 10, 1998) was an American actor best known for his work in television and film Westerns. Early life Lyden was born in a sod house on a ranch near Hildreth, Nebraska on January 8, 1908. The son of a hor ...

as John Brackett

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* {{Lewis D. Collins 1952 films 1950s English-language films American Western (genre) films 1952 Western (genre) films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by Lewis D. Collins Films scored by Raoul Kraushaar American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland 1950s American films