| Suddenly | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Allen |
| Screenplay by | Richard Sale |
| Based on | Active Duty (1943 story in Blue Book) by Richard Sale |
| Produced by | Robert Bassler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | John F. Schreyer |
| Music by | David Raksin |
Production company | Libra Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 75, 77 or 82 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.4 million[2][3][4] |
Suddenly is a 1954 black and white American noir[5] crime film directed by Lewis Allen with a screenplay written by Richard Sale.[6] 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.
- ^ Suddenly at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ "Suddenly (1954)".
- ^ Knight, Timothy (12 October 2010). Sinatra: Hollywood His Way. Running Press. ISBN 9780762441747.
- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
- ^ Selby (1984), p.184
- ^ "Suddenly". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 24, 2016.