Olive Films have added two more titles to their September slate: Sam Wood's
Guest Wife (1945), starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, and Dick Foran, and Jodie Copelan's
Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958), starring Clint Eastwood, Scott Brady, and Margia Dean.
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
Led by Sgt. Matt Blake (Brady), a Yankee cavalry unit escorting a prisoner through Indian Territory has no choice but to join forces with a band of former Confederates when both groups come under attack from hostile Apaches. Although the Union boys and the Southerners manage to hang on to their rifles, the Indians up the ante when they steal the interlopers' horses. A young Clint Eastwood received third billing in this 1958 oater.
Guest Wife
Funny guy Don Ameche plays Joe, a journalist long overdue for a vacation but stuck with a family-minded boss. Joe finally complains that he needs some time with his own wife and gets the vacation he needs. There's only one problem--Joe isn't married. Best buddy Chris (Foran) comes to the rescue, offering to let Joe borrow his wife, Mary, played by heartthrob Claudette Colbert. The plan runs smoothly until Joe, Mary, and Chris end up in the same house, with Mary and Joe forced to share the same bedroom in order to keep the deception alive. The pairing of Ameche with Colbert provides for excellent comedy, and the sure hand of director Sam Wood keeps the pacing alive in this light comedy.