Ambush At Tomahawk Gap

Gutsy Gusto Oater.
Ambush At Tomahawk Gap tells the story of four outlaws-McCord John Hodiak, Egan David Bryan, Doc Ray Teal & Kid John Derek who after being released from a five year sentence for robbery at Yuma Territorial Prison, implode from within as they yearn to find the hidden loot from their ill gotten gains. Not only that but they are in the middle of Indian territory and Apache attacks are frequent and savage in their execution.

Bloody & brutal Western programmer out of Columbia Pictures that's produced by Wallace MacDonald and directed by Fred Sears. Written by David Lang, the principal location shoot is at Corriganville, Simi Valley, California. With Technicolor enhanced cinematography coming from Henry Freulich. Tho featuring a pretty weak, and at times nutty, story, the film has a high watch-ability factor on account of its adherence to Western action staples, it helps, too, that Sears directs with an absolutely no-nonsense approach. Running at just shy of 80 minutes,...

Tough Little Gem
This film has developed something of a reputation as a strong low budget western, and I just wanted to say that Ambush at Tomahawk Gap deserves its rep.
This is a short, fast, and surprisingly hardboiled, little movie. Almost every character is hard, greedy and desperate, and the story puts them into a tight spot that just gets worse, building to a violent climax that seems likely to have influenced more than one spaghetti western of fifteen years later.
I like westerns, but prefer the leaner, meaner style, which is actually pretty uncommon. This film delivers the goods, and if you like `em tough and don't turn your nose up at films clearly made on a less than blockbuster budget, it'll probably work for you too.

ambush at tomahawk gap
I liked the movie and thought the actors did a fine job. I would recommend it to western fans for good entertainment.

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