Suddenly (1954)

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6.8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Lewis Allen

Starring (View all)

Frank Sinatra
John Baron

Sterling Hayden
Sheriff Tod Shaw

James Gleason
Pop Benson

Nancy Gates
Ellen Benson

Kim Charney
Peter Benson III - 'Pidge'

Willis Bouchey
Dan Carney

Paul Frees
Benny Conklin

Christopher Dark
Bart Wheeler

Written by

Richard Sale

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9 years, 6 months ago at Sep 30 18:58

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While not great art, Suddenly is great crackerjack crime-thriller junk food. Taking place in a sleepy ideal of a small town, Suddenly finds a family held hostage by a group of killers intent on assassinating the president. Slightly hysterical in its mania of pro-Cold War/pro-gun messages, a typically bit of rah-rah anti-Communist sentiment of the era, Suddenly mostly works as a thriller played out... read more

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The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen’s household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town… and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush. —IMDb

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