Sinatra'Suddenly'
Posted: August 10th, 2013, 12:53 am
Spoiler
I just watched the obscure Frank Sinatra film Suddenly on you tube. It's regarded as obscure because Sinatra allegedly tried to have it shelved as it's plot is frighteningly similiar to the assasination of John F Kennedy, which occurred nearly a decade after the film was made.
Sinatra plays a hitman, who along with 2 sidekicks take over a house in a small village which overlooks a railway station of a small town the President is visiting. Forced to hold the widowed mother Nancy Gates, her son and father-in-law, along with Sherif Sterling Hayden prisoner, Sinatra places an army gun at a window and waits for the President to arrive.
The plot is partly foiled by the prisoners in the house. Gates, who because her husband was killed in the war, hates guns. However, it's her the disables Sinatra with a serious gunshot wound, though Hyden fires the fatal shot. However, the secret agents in the town get wind their might be an assassination attempt on the President and make sure the train he was on doesn't stop.
I can understand why the film has rarely been shown since J.F.K was killed. However, I think Suddenly is one of the best dramatic roles of Sinatra's career. I also think both Hayden and Gates are exceptional.
I just watched the obscure Frank Sinatra film Suddenly on you tube. It's regarded as obscure because Sinatra allegedly tried to have it shelved as it's plot is frighteningly similiar to the assasination of John F Kennedy, which occurred nearly a decade after the film was made.
Sinatra plays a hitman, who along with 2 sidekicks take over a house in a small village which overlooks a railway station of a small town the President is visiting. Forced to hold the widowed mother Nancy Gates, her son and father-in-law, along with Sherif Sterling Hayden prisoner, Sinatra places an army gun at a window and waits for the President to arrive.
The plot is partly foiled by the prisoners in the house. Gates, who because her husband was killed in the war, hates guns. However, it's her the disables Sinatra with a serious gunshot wound, though Hyden fires the fatal shot. However, the secret agents in the town get wind their might be an assassination attempt on the President and make sure the train he was on doesn't stop.
I can understand why the film has rarely been shown since J.F.K was killed. However, I think Suddenly is one of the best dramatic roles of Sinatra's career. I also think both Hayden and Gates are exceptional.