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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Pidge's father died in the war, so his widowed mother (TheIdealist) tries to protect Pidge from violence in any form. This includes forbidding Pidge from seeing a violent movie at the cinema, and forbidding him from buying a toy cap gun. Sheriff Shaw (TheCynic) argues that it's ineffective to shield the boy from violence, since violence happens in the real world and allowing Pidge to see that will let him develop a mature sense of right and wrong.
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Before Tod and the Secret Service can make it to the house, though, three men claiming to be [[FBIAgent FBI agents]] show up: John Baron (Sinatra) and his henchmen Bart Wheeler (Christopher Dark) and Benny Conklin (Creator/PaulFrees, in a rare live-action acting role). While they claim to also be in town to guard the President, when Tod and Secret Service chief Dan Carney (Willis Bouchey) ring the doorbell, the ruse is revealed: Baron and his men are hired killers, and they've commandeered the house to assassinate the President by firing a high-powered rifle from a window, holding everyone hostage and threatening their lives.
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Before Tod and the Secret Service can make it to the house, though, three men claiming to be [[FBIAgent FBI agents]] show up: John Baron (Sinatra) and his henchmen Bart Wheeler (Christopher Dark) and Benny Conklin (Creator/PaulFrees, in a rare live-action acting role). While they claim to also be in town to guard the President, when Tod and Secret Service chief Dan Carney (Willis Bouchey) ring the doorbell, the ruse is revealed: Baron and his men are hired killers, and they've commandeered the house to assassinate the President by firing a high-powered rifle from a window, holding everyone hostage and threatening their lives.
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Tod Shaw (Creator/SterlingHayden), a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran, is the sheriff of a small California town with the unlikely name of Suddenly. When word comes down that the President of the United States will make an unscheduled whistle stop at the local train station, Secret Service agents descend on the town and work with Tod to make sure things go smoothly. They take particular interest in a house on a hill overlooking the station. As it turns out, a retired Secret Service agent, Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), lives there, along with his widowed daughter-in-law Ellen (Nancy Gates) and her young son Pidge (Kim Charney).
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Tod Shaw (Creator/SterlingHayden), a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran, is the sheriff of a small California town with the unlikely name of Suddenly. When word comes down that the President of the United States will make be making an unscheduled whistle stop at the local train station, Secret Service agents descend on the town and work with Tod to make sure things go smoothly. They take particular interest in a house on a hill overlooking the station. As it turns out, a retired Secret Service agent, Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), lives there, along with his widowed daughter-in-law Ellen (Nancy Gates) and her young son Pidge (Kim Charney).
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Over the years the film has gained a certain amount of notoriety, not only for having Sinatra playing a BigBad, but for being eerily prophetic to the [[WhoShotJFK JFK assassination]], which has led to a number of myths and misconceptions about the film over the years.
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It's fallen into the PublicDomain, and is available in numerous prints (of varying quality) online and elsewhere. A {{remake}}, directed by Creator/UweBoll and starring Creator/RayLiotta as Shaw and Creator/DominicPurcell as Baron, was made in Canada in 2013.
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UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran Tod Shaw (Creator/SterlingHayden) is the sheriff of a small California town with the unlikely name of Suddenly. When word comes down that the President of the United States will make an unscheduled whistle stop at the train station, Secret Service agents descend on the town and work with Tod to make sure things go smoothly. They take particular interest in a house on a hill overlooking the station. As it turns out, a retired Secret Service agent, Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), lives there, along with his widowed daughter-in-law Ellen (Nancy Gates) and her young son Pidge (Kim Charney).
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''Suddenly'' is a 1954 FilmNoir[=/=]{{Thriller}}, directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard Sale. It was Music/FrankSinatra's first film after winning an Oscar for ''Literature/FromHereToEternity''.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran Tod Shaw (Creator/SterlingHayden) is the sheriff of a small California town with the unlikely name of Suddenly. When word comes down that the President of the United States will make an unscheduled whistle stop at the train station, Secret Service agents descend on the town and work with Tod to make sure things go smoothly. They take particular interest in a house on a hill overlooking the station. As it turns out, a retired Secret Service agent, Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), lives there, along with his widowed daughter-in-law Ellen (Nancy Gates) and her young son Pidge (Kim Charney).
Before Tod and the Secret Service can make it to the house, though, three men claiming to be [[FBIAgent FBI agents]] show up: John Baron (Sinatra) and his henchmen Bart Wheeler (Christopher Dark) and Benny Conklin (Creator/PaulFrees, in a rare live-action acting role). While they claim to also be in town to guard the President, when Tod and Secret Service chief Dan Carney (Willis Bouchey) ring the doorbell, the ruse is revealed: Baron and his men are hired killers, and they've commandeered the house to assassinate the President by firing a high-powered rifle from a window, holding everyone hostage and threatening their lives.
The film has gained notoriety not only for Sinatra playing a BigBad, but for being eerily prophetic to the [[WhoShotJFK JFK assassination]], which has led to a number of myths and misconceptions about the film over the years.
It's fallen into the PublicDomain, and is available in numerous prints online and elsewhere. Uwe Boll remade it in 2013.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: Several bursts of gunfire in the film, and the unexpected deaths of [[spoiler:Carney, Benny, Bart and Jud the TV repairman]] dial up the tension quite a bit.
* ArcWords: "You don't have the guts!"
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: John brags about his prowess in killing people being the reason why he's a hit man, constantly bringing up the Silver Star he won in the war for killing dozens of Germans.
* BondVillainStupidity: John could very easily just kill everyone, but he sure loves his EvilGloating. Tod is GenreSavvy enough to recognize this; he points out that John is way too chatty, and if they keep goading him into giving [[MotiveRant Motive Rants]], he'll get distracted and start screwing up.
* ChaoticEvil: John, who seemed so methodical and menacing at the start, is revealed to be a neurotic mess who probably got in over his head with the assassination plot, and he becomes a NervousWreck when his plans start to unravel.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Literally a gun belonging to Pop, which [[spoiler:gets used to thwart John at the climax]].
** Also the broken TV set, which gets used as part of an ElectrifiedBathtub-type trap for the assassins later.
* CutesyNameTown: As Slim the deputy [[MrExposition explains in the opening scene]], Suddenly, California got its name in the Gold Rush years when fortunes were won and lost quickly. But it's a MeaningfulName for the purposes of this story, since many major plot developments indeed happen quite suddenly.
* FreudianExcuse: John blames his alcoholic parents for why he's so evil.
* HalfheartedHenchman: Bart and Benny both show some reluctance to follow John's orders.
* HiddenVillain: John points out that he's only getting paid to kill the President, and has no political motivations to do so. He's not even aware of who exactly hired him to do it.
* TheMafia: John, Bart and Benny are obviously organized crime {{Mooks}}, but having Sinatra as the gang leader evokes this specifically.
* MamaBear: Ellen walks a tightrope throughout the story, trying not to agitate John so Pidge won't be harmed. At the end [[spoiler:she fires the shot that wounds John, allowing Tod to finish him off]].
* MrFixit: At the beginning, Pop tries to fix the TV set, boasting of his expertise with electronic devices. He very nearly electrocutes himself in the process.
* ShellShockedVeteran: John maybe fits the trope, but it's clear that he had major psychological issues even before he joined the service. Tod susses out the information that, despite his Silver Star, John wound up getting discharged on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(military) Section 8]].
* TheSociopath: John fits the bill, but it gradually gets shown that some of his claims to not have feelings are just bluster.
* TheStoolPigeon: A mortally wounded police informant in Los Angeles tipped the cops off about the assassination plot, allowing the Secret Service to get a head start in setting up protection.
* VillainProtagonist: Music/FrankSinatra as John Baron gets top billing and dominates the film.
* WouldHurtAChild: John repeatedly threatens to kill Pidge if Ellen, Pop and Tod don't comply with his orders.
''Suddenly'' is a 1954 FilmNoir[=/=]{{Thriller}}, directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard Sale. It was Music/FrankSinatra's first film after winning an Oscar for ''Literature/FromHereToEternity''.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran Tod Shaw (Creator/SterlingHayden) is the sheriff of a small California town with the unlikely name of Suddenly. When word comes down that the President of the United States will make an unscheduled whistle stop at the train station, Secret Service agents descend on the town and work with Tod to make sure things go smoothly. They take particular interest in a house on a hill overlooking the station. As it turns out, a retired Secret Service agent, Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), lives there, along with his widowed daughter-in-law Ellen (Nancy Gates) and her young son Pidge (Kim Charney).
Before Tod and the Secret Service can make it to the house, though, three men claiming to be [[FBIAgent FBI agents]] show up: John Baron (Sinatra) and his henchmen Bart Wheeler (Christopher Dark) and Benny Conklin (Creator/PaulFrees, in a rare live-action acting role). While they claim to also be in town to guard the President, when Tod and Secret Service chief Dan Carney (Willis Bouchey) ring the doorbell, the ruse is revealed: Baron and his men are hired killers, and they've commandeered the house to assassinate the President by firing a high-powered rifle from a window, holding everyone hostage and threatening their lives.
The film has gained notoriety not only for Sinatra playing a BigBad, but for being eerily prophetic to the [[WhoShotJFK JFK assassination]], which has led to a number of myths and misconceptions about the film over the years.
It's fallen into the PublicDomain, and is available in numerous prints online and elsewhere. Uwe Boll remade it in 2013.
!!This film contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: Several bursts of gunfire in the film, and the unexpected deaths of [[spoiler:Carney, Benny, Bart and Jud the TV repairman]] dial up the tension quite a bit.
* ArcWords: "You don't have the guts!"
* BecauseImGoodAtIt: John brags about his prowess in killing people being the reason why he's a hit man, constantly bringing up the Silver Star he won in the war for killing dozens of Germans.
* BondVillainStupidity: John could very easily just kill everyone, but he sure loves his EvilGloating. Tod is GenreSavvy enough to recognize this; he points out that John is way too chatty, and if they keep goading him into giving [[MotiveRant Motive Rants]], he'll get distracted and start screwing up.
* ChaoticEvil: John, who seemed so methodical and menacing at the start, is revealed to be a neurotic mess who probably got in over his head with the assassination plot, and he becomes a NervousWreck when his plans start to unravel.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Literally a gun belonging to Pop, which [[spoiler:gets used to thwart John at the climax]].
** Also the broken TV set, which gets used as part of an ElectrifiedBathtub-type trap for the assassins later.
* CutesyNameTown: As Slim the deputy [[MrExposition explains in the opening scene]], Suddenly, California got its name in the Gold Rush years when fortunes were won and lost quickly. But it's a MeaningfulName for the purposes of this story, since many major plot developments indeed happen quite suddenly.
* FreudianExcuse: John blames his alcoholic parents for why he's so evil.
* HalfheartedHenchman: Bart and Benny both show some reluctance to follow John's orders.
* HiddenVillain: John points out that he's only getting paid to kill the President, and has no political motivations to do so. He's not even aware of who exactly hired him to do it.
* TheMafia: John, Bart and Benny are obviously organized crime {{Mooks}}, but having Sinatra as the gang leader evokes this specifically.
* MamaBear: Ellen walks a tightrope throughout the story, trying not to agitate John so Pidge won't be harmed. At the end [[spoiler:she fires the shot that wounds John, allowing Tod to finish him off]].
* MrFixit: At the beginning, Pop tries to fix the TV set, boasting of his expertise with electronic devices. He very nearly electrocutes himself in the process.
* ShellShockedVeteran: John maybe fits the trope, but it's clear that he had major psychological issues even before he joined the service. Tod susses out the information that, despite his Silver Star, John wound up getting discharged on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(military) Section 8]].
* TheSociopath: John fits the bill, but it gradually gets shown that some of his claims to not have feelings are just bluster.
* TheStoolPigeon: A mortally wounded police informant in Los Angeles tipped the cops off about the assassination plot, allowing the Secret Service to get a head start in setting up protection.
* VillainProtagonist: Music/FrankSinatra as John Baron gets top billing and dominates the film.
* WouldHurtAChild: John repeatedly threatens to kill Pidge if Ellen, Pop and Tod don't comply with his orders.
