Suddenly poster
Director Lewis Allen
Screenplay Richard Sale

Suddenly

Tagline: A cold-blooded thriller!

Release Date: 1954-09-17

Duration: 77 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Frank Sinatra
    John Baron
  • Sterling Hayden
    Sheriff Tod Shaw
  • Willis Bouchey
    Secret Service Detail Chief Dan Carney
  • James Gleason
    Peter 'Pop' Benson
  • Dan White
  • Kim Charney
    Peter 'Pidge' Benson III
  • Kem Dibbs
    Wilson
  • Paul Frees
    Benny Conklin
  • Nancy Gates
    Ellen Benson
  • Charles Smith
    Bebop