Suddenly

Name: Suddenly
Director: Lewis Allen
Released: 1954
Duration: 77 min
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney

1954

Dir. Lewis Allen

1h 17m

USA

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Principal Cast

Peter 'Pidge' Benson III

Willis Bouchey

Secret Service Detail Chief Dan Carney

Crew

Director

Lewis Allen

Director

Lewis Allen

1905 – 2000

Lewis Allen (25 December 1905 – 3 May 2000) was an English film and television director. Allen worked mainly in the United States, directing 18 feature films between 1944 and 1959. From the mid-1950s he moved increasingly into television and worked on a number of the most popular shows of the time in the U.S. Description above from the Wikipedia Lewis Allen (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, fu…

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