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Summary: Sinatra is the bad guy, Hayden is the hero
Review: One of two Frank Sinatra movies that dealt with assasination. The other was "Manchurian Candidate." In this one Frank is the bad guy. Sterling Hayden shows no signs of the future characters he will play in major films of the 60s and 70s (Dr. Strangelove, Godfather). Hayden is just the hick town by-the-book sheriff with the Barney Fifeish assistant. This is not a great movie but it moves along nicely and never gets boring. It has some good "what if" situations. It also has wonderful footage of old cars and trains. This would make a good double feature with "Man Who Shot Liberty Valence" because one film pushes the pro gun totin' policy, and one is opposed to the use of weapons. It may surprise you which is which. This is not the best movie of the 1950s but the issues raised are still out there. Tom Willett
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Summary: An excellent white-nuckler.
Review: Suddenly is a riveting, highly suspenseful story of an attempted presedential assasination. Had the leading role not been played by Frank Sinatra, it would have just been another movie; however, with Sinatra in the lead -- and a detesable lead at that -- the movie becomes a memorable, rewarding experience.
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Summary: Somebody wants to kill the prez... do you know why?
Review: The president is scheduled to make a stop in a small town called Suddenly, and Sinatra and his buddies are hired hitmen who plan to bump him off when he arrives. In order to carry out their plan, they take over the house of a widow, her son, and her father-in-law, holding the inhabitants hostage. Sinatra's speech about guns and God is a classic, and the allusions to nefarious government plots will have the conspiracy junkies wetting their pants. I wouldn't be surprised if the NRA funded this picture. Four stars.
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Summary: "Suddenly" is a great Sinatra Film!
Review: This 1954 film is one of my favorite films. It is a Film Noir and it stars Frank Sinatra! What a great combination. Sinatra plays the bad guy and he does agood job at it, too! His acting is authentic and very smooth. "Suddenly" is about an assassination attempt on the President. A picture is worth a thousand words, so watch the picture, you won't regret it. At least I didn't!
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Summary: Cheap copy of a good movie
Review: This is one heck of a great movie! Unfortunately, I have not been able to get a good, clean copy from this lable (Madacy)...hence the one star. I've had to return several copies as "defective" because it looked like this company made the DVD copy from an old, worn out and spliced together bootleg tape! I've had this problem with a lot of their other titles also. My advice, buy it (& any other titles)locally because of the price -- so if it is "defective" you wont spend more for return postage than you paid for the movie.
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Summary: INACCURATE INFORMATION
Review: THIS VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE KIM NOVAK IN IT FOR THOSE OF YOU LOOKING FOR KIM NOVAK MOVIES.
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Summary: First Presidential Assassination Movie?
Review: This was filmed in 1954, when Ike was President and Tricky Dick was next in line. What could they have been thinking? It also shows an assassin as a psychopathic personality - another probable first. The assassin thinks his job is a joke: "if one is killed another steps in to take his place". That's true, but ticket-balancing usually means a change in personalities and politics, and the forces that each politician represents. But this is unmentionable in this movie. Their diabolical plans come to naught due to the sacrifice and patriotism of common men. The good guys win again in this movie. But Oliver Stone's "JFK" shows how it works in the real world. This movie is still entertaining, and worth watching as popular culture from the 1950s.
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Summary: First Presidential Assassination Movie
Review: This was filmed in 1954, when Ike was President and Tricky Dick was next in line. [What could they have been thinking?] It shows an assassin as a psychopathic personality - another probable first. The beginning argument about a toy gun for a young boy is a sign of changing culture; there would be no argument years earlier.
The assassin thinks his job is a joke: "if one is killed another steps in to take his place". That's true, but ticket-balancing usually means a change in personalities and politics, and the forces that each politician represents. But this is unmentionable in this movie. The dialogue reveals the assassin as a psychopathic killer; but it does not mention what caused him to go this way. Macchiavelli said "men are rewarded for doing things in wartime that will get them hanged in peacetime".
Their diabolical plans come to naught due to the sacrifice and patriotism of common men. The good guys win again in this movie. But Oliver Stone's "JFK" shows how it works in the real world. This movie is still entertaining, and worth watching as popular culture from the 1950s.
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Summary: THIS IS THE WAY "SUDDENLY" WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN!!!
Review: Unknown, strange companies crawling out of the woodwork have been, up till now, foisting ill-wind versions of Frand Sinatra in his early surprise hit, SUDDENLY!, a film packed with excitement but the sole purveyors of this excellently high-quality master created from the original 35mm master and, with the quality so high, all one has to do is pay attention and by the second reel--you're hooked. It's short, taught, and guaranteed to impress the riff-raff. Even the old Groaner would love this one. And this is the ORIGINAL version which means great visual field and, most imnportantly---NO "LETTERBOXED" VERSIONS!! This film was shot in a flat, square format, and there it shall stay. Buy the Hal Roach Studios version and avoid the phoney letterbox but receive the best possible show for your trouble. And, that's a promise!! Remember, it was Hal Roach Studios that Colorized "Suddenly" which could only be done from really fine underlying black and white materials and that's what's being offerted here, so enjoy. And, unlike the first try at the color version, "Old Brown Eyes is NOT back"--we made them change them to blue!! Highly recommended
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