Holding the occupants hostage, the contract killer (Sinatra) proclaims that his retainer is his only motivation and manage to foil the plot, after appealing to patriotism fails, by sabotaging the weapons. The writer of the original novel based his story on the actual whistle-stop campaign of Eisenhower through Palm Springs and went on inspire The Manchurian Candidate five years later, also with the same principal but this time working to stop an assassination and government takeover—with Frees narrating. According to studio lore, Sinatra bought all copies of both films when he learned that reportedly Lee Harvey Oswald was inspired by them to undertake the killing of JFK but is apparently untrue as both were released and still available. Moreover, due to a lapse in copyright renewal, Suddenly! is accessible in full as public domain.
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synchronoptica
one year ago: more vineyard adventures (with synchronoptica) plus Hamas launches a surprise incursion into Israel
seven years ago: an intelligence service’s guide to semantics plus more terrorism from Trump
eight years ago: Ze Frank on the Angler Fish, an amphibious camper, more vexillology, litter box beautification projects, more wit from Edward Gorey plus pin-up houses
nine years ago: human chess with refugees plus assorted links to revisit
ten years ago: potential scuba innovations, Dalí’s lollipop campaign plus AI rewriting photography