Suddenly - DVD

Frank Sinatra's performance as a cold-blooded assassin planning to kill the President of the United States is absolutely spellbinding in this classic thriller. While traveling to a vacation destination, the President's train is scheduled to pass through the normally serene small town of Suddenly. Sinatra and his gang of thugs take over a house that overlooks the Presidential train stop. They hold the terrified household members hostage

In one of his best (and most unheralded) performances, Frank Sinatra plays John Baron, a professional assassin who joins other killers in the small town of Suddenly, Ca., where he plans to murder the president of the United States. Baron and his associates pose as federal agents in order to take a family hostage and use their house as the base for their operations. Suspenseful film noir directed by Lewis Allen (InchThe UninvitedInch) co-stars Sterling Hayden, James Gleason. 75 min. Standard; Soundtracks English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer. Two-disc set.

San Francisco based millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a younger wife, Irene (Helen Walker)), who is trying to kill him with the help of her lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). Walter and Irene are planning to drive to Lake Tahoe when Irene feigns an illness at the last minute. Irene has hatched a plan and asks Walter to give Torrance (who is pretending to be Irene's cousin) a ride to Denver, Colorado, which allows Torrance time to murder Walter en route. The murder goes awry when Williams survives a blow to the head administered by Torrance. Torrance flees the scene in William's car, but ends up in a head-on collision with a tanker truck, which instantly kills him. Experiencing amnesia from the blow to his head, Williams ends up in Idaho. He gets a job as a mechanic and falls in love with Marsha Peters (Ella Raines), widow of the station owner. There are still lots of unbelievable twists and turns in this fascinating plot, but you must watch this vintage classic to find out! A great suspenseful thriller if ever there was one! (105 minutes - 1949 - Black & White - 4 3)