Suddenly
“A cold-blooded thriller!”
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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Cast
19 people
Frank Sinatra
John Baron
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Ocean's Eleven
Sterling Hayden
Sheriff Tod Shaw
Known for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Killing
James Gleason
Peter 'Pop' Benson
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Arsenic and Old Lace
Nancy Gates
Ellen Benson
Known for
Comanche Station
World Without End
Kim Charney
Peter 'Pidge' Benson III
Known for
The Werewolf
Willis Bouchey
Secret Service Detail Chief Dan Carney
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Big Heat
Paul Frees
Benny Conklin
Known for
The Fantastic Four
The Secret Squirrel Show
Christopher Dark
Bart Wheeler
Known for
World Without End
The Green Hornet
James O'Hara
Jud Hobson
Known for
Batman
The Quiet Man
Kem Dibbs
Wilson
Known for
Paths of Glory
Party Girl
Charles Smith
Bebop
Known for
The Shop Around the Corner
The Major and the Minor
Paul Wexler
Slim Adams
Also in
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Lewis Allen Director · Richard Sale Screenplay David Raksin Composer
United States release September 17, 1954 · Produced in United States · Production United Artists Pictures
Production
Libra Productions Inc.
Production
United Artists Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 17, 1954
Theatrical
United States · September 17, 1954
Theatrical
Germany
May 13, 1955 · Theatrical
Japan
January 8, 1955 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 18, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Spain
June 20, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
September 17, 1954 · Theatrical
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