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Frank Sinatra: Suddenly
starring: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney
directed by: Lewis Allen

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305417194
Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305417199
Label: Madacy Records
Manufacturer: Madacy Records
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Madacy Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 01, 2000
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 109425
Studio: Madacy Records
Theatrical Release Date: October 07, 1954

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Directly in the wake of his Oscar-winning comeback in From Here to Eternity, Frank Sinatra took on the role of a psychopathic hit man in this taut, low-budget film noir. The choice shows how interested Sinatra was in serious acting during the mid- to late '50s; there's nothing remotely likable about this angular, neurotic assassin. He's in the small town of Suddenly to kill the president, who is passing through on a quick train stop. Sinatra makes hostages of a local family and sheriff Sterling Hayden, and the film is basically a countdown to the president's arrival, with Sinatra's patter getting loonier as the day goes on. Aside from the interest of Sinatra's performance (very focused and downright perverse at times), and the film's place in the American noir tradition, Suddenly is uncannily prophetic on the subject of assassination. It's clear that the killer is doing it for the fame as well as the money, a theme that would crop up in later confessions of real-life killers or would-be killers. Perhaps the 1954 film was too prophetic; like Sinatra's Manchurian Candidate, this movie was pulled from circulation for years after the JFK assassination. According to Kitty Kelley's bio of Sinatra, Lee Harvey Oswald saw this film a few days before he took rifle in hand. Now in the public domain, Suddenly is generally available in cheap, scratchy prints. --Robert Horton

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- Suddenly
Shortly after his celebrated turn in "From Here to Eternity," Sinatra was cast as a cold-blooded killer in Lewis Allen's gritty thriller "Suddenly." Anticipating the Kennedy assassination by several years--Lee Harvey Oswald reportedly viewed it days before he killed JFK--"Suddenly" has the look and feel of a "B" movie quickie, but Sinatra's intensity blazes off the screen. Still thin as a reed, the actor excels as a human time bomb, while Hayden's Sheriff provides a decent, steady counterpoint. Only debit: that annoying little boy- but just focus on Ol' Blue Eyes.

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- Entertaining rubbish
Predictable ending to a typical post-war script. They are hitting you over the head without any subtlety. The theme is that pacifism doesn't work, sort of like preaching to the converted, since it is a POST-war film, not a pre-war film.

A war widow spurns the advances of the town sheriff and doesn't allow her 8 year old son to play with guns. There's your pacifist, the war widow. By the end, she's ready to kill the bad guy herself. As I said, there's no subtlety to the script. It is obvious, unoriginal, completely predictable, and therefore juvenile and uncreative.

Sinatra's acting is no big deal. It's laughable the way people rave about it. It just shows that any silly old nonsense can impress people. He's not terrible. He's just a non-actor doing a more or less decent enough job in a silly script. You can't compare his acting to his singing. He was an exceptional stylist as ... Read More

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- Not for Suddenly Susans.
A long, withheld movie of historical and musicological interest,that has taken on increasing interest. Why? Frank Sinatra, the star, the Voice, withdrew the film following the assassination of JFK, because of the mob ties. Nevertheless, this B noir movie is better than you expect.Among the supporting cast lies a real WWII hero,Sterling Hayden, who gives a restrained performance, playing the sheriff in the small town with the responsibility to see that the president's train gets through without incident. However, Frank Sinatra and his gang of co-conspirators plan to remove the responsibility, by using his girlfriend's lofty house above the railroad tracks.
No one since the first screening has given this film digital enhancement in any way, which makes it play out like you'd see it in your town theatre. Although this begs for a modern re-doing, it stands on its own as a look at Sinatra the actor, playing a creepy ... Read More

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- Meat 'n' Potatoes with Tommy Guns
This is a great slice of Americana, a true "Period Piece." Sinatra was a competent actor and probably could have paid the bills this way even if he hadn't been a remarkably talented singer. It's not everybody who can pull off a menacing tough-guy when he weighs 118 soaking wet. This film presents itself in stark tones both visually and thematically. Patriotism, courage, honor, sacrifice. The words necessary to make that into a sentence would only sully the higher meaning; and that's the feeling you get as you watch this film. It is sparse, but self-assured. Think of it as the lost episode of "The Andy Griffith Show."

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