Dir. Lewis Allen · Starring Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney, Willis Bouchey · Music David Raksin
“A cold-blooded thriller!”
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The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
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A quiet town's domestic peace is shattered by a chillingly plausible assassination plot. The film masterfully builds suspense, trapping viewers in a suffocating atmosphere where ordinary life collides with extraordinary danger.
tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicgrittysteadyfilm noirblack and whiteHitchcockianpolitical thrillerdomesticity under siegemoral compromise
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