Suddenly

Overview

In this film, a small town is invaded by professional assassin Frank Sinatra. Taking a local family hostage, Sinatra sets up a vigil in the family's home. From there, he intends to kill the President of the United States when the latter makes a whistle-stop visit to the town.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2018
UPC:	0889290436764
Original Release:	1954
Rating:	NR
Source:	Film Detective
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:16:00
Sales rank:	49,358

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Frank Sinatra	John Baron
Sterling Hayden	Alcade Tod Shaw
Christopher Dark	Bart Wheeler
James Gleason	Pop Benson
Nancy Gates	Ellen Benson
Kim Charney	Pidge
Paul Frees	Benny Conklin,Benny Conklin
Willis Bouchey	Dan Carney,Dan Carney
Paul Wexler	Slim Adams
James Lilburn	Jud Hobson
Charles Smith	Bebop,Actor,Bebop
Kem Dibbs	Wilson
Clark Howat	Haggerty
Dan White	Burge
Richard Collier	Hawkins
Roy Engel	Driver
Ted Stanhope	Driver
Charles Wagenheim	Kaplan
John Beradino	Trooper
James O'Hara	Actor
David Raksin	Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Sale

Lewis Allen	Director
Robert Bassler	Producer
Louis DeWitt	Special Effects
Jack Rabin	Special Effects
Herman Townsley	Special Effects
Richard Sale	Screenwriter
Jack R. Rabin	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Frank Sinatra stars as a jittery presidential assassin in this unpretentious B-movie which features fine work by Sterling Hayden and James Gleason. The lesser known of the two films involving the singer which were withdrawn from distribution after the death of JFK -- the other is the brilliant The Manchurian Candidate -- it also deals with an attempted presidential assassination, while offering a more conventional portrait of cold-war hysteria and '50s conformity. Particularly in its suggestion that Nancy Gates' war widow character is a helpless creature badly in need of protection from the local cop, it's very much of its time. While its confinement to one set and workmanlike direction give the project the feel of a photographed play, the principal characters are fleshed-out well enough to be compelling for the brief running time of the film. Sinatra is excellent as the paranoid, embittered WWII vet who leads the team of hired assassins, Gleason has one of his best parts as a wily retiree who understands how to exploit the chinks in the killer's psyche, and Hayden is solid in a lesser role.