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Suddenly (1954)
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In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA. Director:Lewis Allen |
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John Baron
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| Sterling Hayden | ... |
Sheriff Tod Shaw
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James Gleason | ... |
Pop Benson
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Nancy Gates | ... |
Ellen Benson
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Kim Charney | ... |
Peter Benson III - 'Pidge'
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Willis Bouchey | ... |
Dan Carney
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Paul Frees | ... |
Benny Conklin
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Christopher Dark | ... |
Bart Wheeler
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James O'Hara | ... |
Jud Hobson
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Kem Dibbs | ... |
Wilson
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Clark Howat | ... |
Haggerty
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Charles Smith | ... |
Bebop
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Paul Wexler | ... |
Slim Adams
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Storyline
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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Attentäter See more »Box Office
Gross:
$1,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1
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First Driver: Officer, can you tell me the way to Three Rivers?
Slim Adams: About two miles to the first main intersection, then turn left. It's about sixty miles.
First Driver: Thanks, what town is this?
Slim Adams: Suddenly.
First Driver: Suddenly what?
Slim Adams: No no, that's the name.
First Driver: [laughs] That's a funny name for a town.
Slim Adams: Uh huh, hangover from the old days; that's the way things used to happen here, suddenly.
First Driver: I see.
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After the film was withdrawn from circulation, there was a failure to renew the copyright and it fell into the public domain. As a result, in the early years of home video, the film became widely available from a number of discount/public domain labels See more »Goofs
Continuity: As seen from the train depot, the house where the assassins are hiding is way up on a hill, well back from and high above the station. But as seen in shots looking down at the depot from the window in the house, the depot is only slightly higher than the house, and so close as to be almost next to it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]First Driver: Officer, can you tell me the way to Three Rivers?
Slim Adams: About two miles to the first main intersection, then turn left. It's about sixty miles.
First Driver: Thanks, what town is this?
Slim Adams: Suddenly.
First Driver: Suddenly what?
Slim Adams: No no, that's the name.
First Driver: [laughs] That's a funny name for a town.
Slim Adams: Uh huh, hangover from the old days; that's the way things used to happen here, suddenly.
First Driver: I see.
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