Suddenly

Suddenly

6.4IMDb Score
Released:1954-09-17
Duration:77 min
Director:Lewis Allen
Actors:Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney
Production:Libra Productions Inc.

Overview:

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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