Herbert Baker, a writer active in the late 1960s and 1970s, crafted narratives that resonate within the realm of cult cinema. He penned the screenplay for The Ambushers (1967), a film that blends espionage with a touch of camp, showcasing the era's fascination with spy thrillers. Baker also contributed to Sextette (1978), a film that explores the eccentricities of celebrity and romance. His works reflect a unique intersection of humor and genre, making him a noteworthy figure in the landscape of exploitation and cult films.
The Ambushers
Helm is sent to the ICE (Intelligence and Counter Espionage) Training Headquarters to uncover a traitor in the organisation. While there he meets ICE agent Sheila Sommers, a test pilot who has been recovered from a Central American jungle with no memory of what happened to the experimental flying saucer she flew. Due to the electo-magnetic power of the saucer, only a woman is able to fly it, males of the species are killed by the energy. Helm had worked with Sommers on an assignment where the two had posed as man and wife. When Sommers meets Helm, her memory comes back. Mac, the head of ICE, decides to send Helm and Sommers posing again as his wife undercover as a photographer doing a story on the Montezuma Beer Brewery, whose advertising jingle is the same tune as the anthem of Ortega's political movement. Along the way, they must deal with Ortega's henchmen, Francesca Madeiros (an operative for Big O, Helm's main nemesis), who poses as a model and seduces Helm, an assassin named Nassim, plus a tough thug named Rocco.
