--- title: 'The Ambushers (1967)' type: 'film' director: 'Henry Levin' released: '1967-01-01' runtime_minutes: 101 genres: - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ambushers-1967' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062657/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Ambushers (1967) 1967 · 101 min · Thriller · United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Screenplay:** [Herbert Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-baker) - **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-baker) - **Producer:** [Irving Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-allen) - **Director of Photography:** [Burnett Guffey](https://cinepixo.com/people/burnett-guffey), [Edward Colman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-colman) - **Director:** [Henry Levin](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-levin) - **Editor:** [Harold F. Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-f-kress) ## Cast - [Albert Salmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-salmi) - [Dean Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-martin) - [Annabella Incontrera](https://cinepixo.com/people/annabella-incontrera) - [Roy Jenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-jenson) - [James Gregory](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gregory) - [Kurt Kasznar](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-kasznar) - [Janice Rule](https://cinepixo.com/people/janice-rule) - [Senta Berger](https://cinepixo.com/people/senta-berger) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ambushers-1967 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2547158); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.