Ambushed (1998 film)

Ambushed
Directed by	Ernest Dickerson
Written by	Andrew Miles
Starring	Courtney B. Vance
Cinematography	Phil Oetiker
Edited by	Stephen Lovejoy
Music by	Terry Plumeri
Production companies	DWT Productions Home Box Office Maple Palm Productions
Distributed by	Home Box Office Video
Release date	June 20, 1998
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ambushed is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Ernest Dickerson.

Plot

The leader of a Ku Klux Klan lodge is shot dead and his son is taken into police custody for protection. The police car taking him to a safe house is ambushed and three police officers are shot dead. Officer Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.

Cast

• Courtney B. Vance as Jerry Robinson
• Jeremy Lelliott as Eric Natter
• Virginia Madsen as Lucy Monroe
• William Forsythe as Mike Organski
• David Keith as Deputy Lawrence
• Bill Nunn as Watts Fatboy
• Charles Hallahan as Sheriff Carter
• Robert Patrick as Shannon Herrold
• William Sadler as Jim Natter
• Carl Espy as Deputy Bean
• Scott Hinson as Deputy Dunbar
• William Flaman as Tom
• J. Michael Hunter as Mintz
• Scott Simpson as Richter
• Don Hall as Billy Dean
• Travis Stanberry as Danny
• Jim Grimshaw as Officer Newfield
• Ernest Dickerson Jr. as J.J. Robinson
• Kenya Bennett as Diner Waitress
• April Turner as Connie Jackson
• Richard K. Olsen as Motel Manager
• Lou Criscuolo as Man in Bathrobe
• Nora Cook as Nancy Richter
• Nina Repeta as Mary Natter
• Samantha Agnoff as Karen Natter
• Dale Frye as Aryan #1
• Lex Geddings as Aryan #2
• Jackie Dickerson as Store Clerk

External links

• Ambushed at IMDb
• Ambushed at Rotten Tomatoes