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Suddenly

A cold-blooded thriller!

1954 · NR · 1h 17m

Directed by Lewis Allen

6.4

TMDB audience score
124 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Frank Sinatra
    John Baron

  • Sterling Hayden
    Sheriff Tod Shaw

  • James Gleason
    Peter 'Pop' Benson

  • Nancy Gates
    Ellen Benson

  • Kim Charney
    Peter 'Pidge' Benson III

  • Willis Bouchey
    Secret Service Detail Chief Dan Carney

  • Paul Frees
    Benny Conklin

  • Christopher Dark
    Bart Wheeler

  • James O'Hara
    Jud Hobson

  • Kem Dibbs
    Wilson

  • Charles Smith
    Bebop

  • Paul Wexler
    Slim Adams

  • Clark Howat
    Haggerty

  • John Beradino
    Trooper (uncredited)

  • Richard Collier
    Ed Hawkins (uncredited)

  • Roy Engel
    Driver Asking Slim for Directions (uncredited)

  • Ted Stanhope
    Driver Asking Tod for Directions (uncredited)

  • Charles Wagenheim
    Iz Kaplan (uncredited)