Suddenly

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"Suddenly" is a 1954 American film noir thriller starring Sterling Hayden as a lawman who must thwart an assassination plot against the President in a small California town.

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Suddenly canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
film noir
thriller film
basedOn story by Richard Sale
cinematography Charles G. Clarke
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Lewis Allen
distributor United Artists
editor John F. Schreyer
filmColorType black-and-white
filmFormat black-and-white
genre crime film
film noir
thriller film
hasTheme law enforcement
patriotism
political assassination
isPublicDomainInUnitedStates true
leadActorRole Frank Sinatra as John Baron
Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw
mainCharacter Ellen Benson
John Baron
Sheriff Tod Shaw
musicBy David Raksin
notableFor depiction of an attempted presidential assassination
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A small-town sheriff must thwart a hired assassin’s plot to kill the President during a brief stopover in the town of Suddenly, California.
producer Robert Bassler
productionCompany Libra Productions
releaseDate 1954-10-07
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 75
screenwriter Richard Sale
setInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
setInLocation Suddenly, California
starring Frank Sinatra
James Gleason
Nancy Gates
Sterling Hayden
Willis Bouchey
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s

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Sterling Hayden notableWork Suddenly
Nancy Gates notableWork Suddenly
Richard Sale notableWork Suddenly
Hayden notableWork Suddenly
subject surface form: Sterling Hayden