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Suddenly (1954) Facts

Suddenly
Director(s) Lewis Allen
Producer(s) Robert Bassler
Featured Cast Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Willis Bouchey, Paul Frees
Total Facts 6

Paul Frees appears as the voice of the baseball announcer, shortly after his character Benny Conklin is gunned down in the back alleys.


After the film was withdrawn from circulation, there was a failure to renew the copyright and it fell into the public domain. As a result, in the early years of home video, the film became widely available from a number of discount/public domain labels


Contrary to popular belief this film was NOT withdrawn from circulation at Sinatra's behest, as he had no say in the matter. His own family have gone to great lengths through the years to dispel this popular rumor.


In the colorized version Frank Sinatra (Ol' Blue Eyes) is given brown eyes.


Shot in four weeks.


This is the film that Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly watched just a few days before assassinating President John F. Kennedy.

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