| The Ambushers | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Ambushers_film_poster.jpg) Theatrical release poster by Robert McGinnis | |
| Directed by | Henry Levin |
| Screenplay by | Herbert Baker |
| Based on | The Ambushers by Donald Hamilton |
| Produced by | Irving Allen |
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| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by | Hugo Montenegro |
Production company | Meadway-Claude Productions Company |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[1] |
| Box office | $10 million (US/Canada)[2] |
The Ambushers is a 1967 American spy comedy film directed by Henry Levin starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm, along with Senta Berger and Janice Rule. It is the third of four films in the Matt Helm series, and is based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Donald Hamilton, as well as The Menacers (1968) that featured UFOs and a Mexican setting. When a government-built flying saucer is hijacked mid-flight by Jose Ortega, the exiled ruler for an outlaw nation, secret agent Matt Helm and the ship's former pilot Sheila Sommers are sent to recover it.
- ^ SEIDENBAUM, A. (August 6, 1967). "Oh, pity them all in acapulco!". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155816374.
- ^ "The Ambushers, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved October 5, 2020.