Ambush at Cimarron Pass

A soldier is shot in the back with an arrow, then turns around and is shot in the front with another arrow.

As he turns, the guide wire for the second arrow is clearly visible against his dark shirt.

This western programmer is interesting for the early appearance of a young Clint Eastwood as a southern Soldier involved in a fight against the Apaches with Northern soldiers just after the Civil War. He's a supporting character and doesn't yet have the spark that would make him a superstar a decade later, but that's enough to tune in to see him as he's finding his bearings as a young actor.

AMBUSH AT CIMARRON PASS 1958 This low end western was a Regal Production released through 20th Century Fox. The cast includes, Scott Brady, Clint Eastwood, Frank Gerstle, Margia Dean, Irving Bacon and Baynes Barron.

Director Jodie Copelan's "Ambush at Cimarron Pass" qualifies as an entertaining but predictable 73-minute, black & white, B-movie, military western about the cavalry versus Apaches, with one noteworthy distinction—a young, clean-shaven, pre-"Rawhide" Clint Eastwood receives third billing. The title classifies "Ambush at Cimarron Pass" as a landscape western, and it foreshadows where the climactic action will transpire.

A partially decimated Army unit teams up with a group of cowboys, who also had been hit by renegade injuns. The cavalry squad was trying to get a gun runner and 3 dozen rifles back to their fort, but had to fight their way through fierce indian raiders intent on getting the weapons.

Very low budget B-Movie. No surprise, no originality, no creativity, lots of cliche, but an honest sense of rythmn.

Remnants of an ambushed Army unit hook up with a group of cowboys to fight their way through Indians on the warpath. Sounds like it could be an exciting western, but this one is dull, dull, dull.

One of the earliest of Clint Eastwood's Roles. This movie quotable lines about masculinity.

1st watched 9/14/2007, 6 out of 10(Dir-Jodie Copelan): Watchable story of former confederates and Yankees joining forces to thwart off some Apache's trying to get some repeating rifles that a traitor had sold to them. This is a very simple story that is executed very well by all involved.

Let's face it - the only real reason to catch this pedestrian oater is to get a glimpse of a 27 year old Clinton Eastwood. The future star is still coltish in his acting craft here, and he hasn't fully developed his excellent timing and intensity as in "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" and "Dirty Harry", but the B western does show why this film was a good reason that he pursue acting.