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.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Frank Sinatra | ... | John Baron | |
| Sterling Hayden | ... | Sheriff Tod Shaw | |
| James Gleason | ... | Pop Benson | |
| Nancy Gates | ... | Ellen Benson | |
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Kim Charney | ... | Peter Benson III - 'Pidge' |
| Willis Bouchey | ... | Dan Carney | |
| Paul Frees | ... | Benny Conklin | |
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Christopher Dark | ... | Bart Wheeler |
| James O'Hara | ... | Jud Hobson (as James Lilburn) | |
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Kem Dibbs | ... | Wilson (as Ken Dibbs) |
| Clark Howat | ... | Haggerty | |
| Charles Smith | ... | Bebop | |
| Paul Wexler | ... | Slim Adams | |
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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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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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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Shot in four weeks. See more »Goofs
At the end of the film, after Ellen tells Tod that she'll pick him up after church, she gets in her car and pulls away from the curb with no regard for the guy in the oncoming Buick a mere few yards away. 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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17 September 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,400,000Company Credits
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When I started to watch this movie I didn't think it was going to be any good. How wrong! I've seen lots of Frank Sinatra movies and I never liked any of them, because I think he is a terrible actor in all those movies (and that goes for films like "From Here to Eternity" and "Some Came Running", which the critics always claim to be "wonderful - come on!). BUT in this one he is GREAT, just GREAT - his best performance, perfect. The movie is quite good as well. Simple, but good. And those close-ups on Sinatra's face are always right were they should be to create the dramatic effect perfect for the situation. Watch it! It's good, and doesn't bore you because it doesn't go on and on and on like most films nowadays about somebody wanting to kill the president of the USA.