Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray director Ron Winston's war drama
Ambush Bay (1966), starring Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum, Peter Masterson, and Harry Lauter. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
General MacArthur doesn't know it, but he's headed for an ambush. Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney and James Mitchum star in this "well-made" (Los Angeles Times WWII nail-biter that'll keep you on the edge of your seat with "consistent excitement" (The Film Daily) right until the explosive ending.
A marine patrol secretly lands on the Japanese-occupied island of Siarago. Their mission: to locate a Japanese-American girl with vital information concerning General MacArthur's pending Philippine invasion. What they uncover instead is a Japanese plot to detonate underwater mines as the US fleet enters the bay. Cut off from outside communication, these brave marines must find a way to prevent what could be the worst naval tragedy from ever happening.