Eager to reinforce his burgeoning dramatic reputation, Frank Sinatra seized the role of the psychologically damaged war veteran hired by unseen forces to shoot the president during a stopover in a sleepy Californian town called Suddenly.
“I’m not an actor,” he snaps while menacing his hostages (the birth scars on his neck clearly visible to make him more sinister), but a withering look of contempt when his courage is questioned and a glaring close-up directly into the camera suggest otherwise.
John Baron
Frank Sinatra Tod Shaw
Sterling Hayden Pop Benson
James Gleason Ellen Benson
Nancy Gates Pidge Benson
Kim Charney Jud
James Lilburn Haggerty
Clark Howat
Director
Lewis Allen
Video
You May Also Like
Sudden Impact (1983) The Enforcer (1976) was always intended to be the last film in the 'Dirty Harry' series…
Silver Dream Racer (1980) Garage mechanic and racing enthusiast Nick Freeman (David Essex) inherits his dead brother's revolutionary new prototype…
Star 80 (1983) The true story of Canadian Playboy playmate-turned-Hollywood actress Dorothy Stratten who was on the verge of…
Glenn Miller Story, The (1954) The Glenn Miller Story is one of the most touching and durable of all Hollywood musical biopics…
Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) An affluent, middle-aged housewife in a failing marriage (Jean Simmons) is romantically pursued by a young…
Stewardesses, The (1969) It's 1969, and the skies have never been friendlier as we experience a day in the…
Scobie Malone (1975) Jack Thompson stars as Detective Sergeant Scobie Malone, who is investigating the death of high-class prostitute…
