The Ambush Murders
1982•1h 40m•8.0•Released
TV MovieDrama
An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him.
Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Writer
Tony Kayden
Languages
English
Studio
David Goldsmith Productions
Cast
James Brolin
Paul Marshall
Dorian Harewood
Ray Ellsworth
Alfre Woodard
Karisha Ellsworth
Robert G. Denison
Barnes
Louis Giambalvo
Glenn Landis
Amy Madigan
Molly Slavin
John McLiam
Judge Collier
Teddy Wilson
Jay King
Marc Alaimo
Garza
John Calvin
Dennis Bowie
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Lyle Hawkins
John Diehl
Ferguson
Woody Eney
Bishop
Dorothy Fielding
Beth
Sean Roche
Hoyt
Production
Company
David Goldsmith Productions
Company
Charles Fries Productions
Company
CBS
Producer
David Goldsmith
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