The Ambushers (novel)
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| Publisher | Fawcett Publications |
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Publication date | 1963 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Preceded by | Murderers' Row |
| Followed by | The Shadowers |
The Ambushers is a novel by Donald Hamilton first published in 1963, continuing the exploits of assassin Matt Helm.
Plot introduction
Matt Helm conducts a by-the-book assassination in the (fictional)
Nazi named von Sachs, who has obtained one of the nuclear missiles that had been bound for Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
, and who is threatening the United States with the weapon. Along the way he finds himself working with a Russian agent named Vadya (who would return in later Helm adventures).
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Film adaptation
The Ambushers was very loosely adapted for the cinema in 1967 as the third film in a series starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm. Like the other Martin films, The Ambushers took only a few elements of Hamilton's original story and recast the plot in the vein of an action comedy.