Suddenly
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Suddenly
17 Sep 1954
1954Silent1h 15m
Sheriff Tod Shaw and widow Ellen Benson face a quiet life until a visitor arrives in town, forcing them into a dangerous standoff at the Benson home
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Genres Silent
Decade 1950s
This Movie is Tense, High-stakes, Suspenseful, Gun-shy & Unsettling
About Suddenly A 1954 thriller by Lewis Allen, Erich von Stroheim Jr., Hal Klein, and Doris Drought, notable for its depiction of a small town household held captive during a presidential assassination attempt
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Audio English (United States)
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Credits
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)
- Dan White Burg (uncredited)
Director
- Lewis Allen
- Erich von Stroheim Jr.
- Hal Klein
- Doris Drought
Screenwriter
- Richard Sale
Director of Photography
- Charles G. Clarke
- Bob Gough
Composer
- David Raksin
- Herman E. Townsley
- Win Hancock
- Joe Edmondson
- Del Harris
Producer
- Robert Bassler
- Charles Hall
