Suddenly (1954)

Directed by

Lewis Allen

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 119 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A hired assassin and his gang take over a house in a small California town to shoot the president when his train stops there. They hold a family hostage while local law enforcement tries to stop them.

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What happens

Suddenly is a 1954 black and white American noir crime film directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale. The drama stars Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden, and features James Gleason and Nancy Gates. The story concerns a small California town whose tranquility is shattered when the train of the president of the United States is scheduled to make a stop there, and a hired assassin and his henchmen take over a home that provides a perfect vantage point from which to assassinate the president. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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