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Suddenly (1954)
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Suddenly is a 1954 film noir crime drama starring Frank Sinatra as a psychotic assassin attempting to kill the president in the small town of Suddenly, California while holding the sheriff (Sterling Hayden) and a family hostage in a house overlooking the town's train station. The film features much dialogue regarding guns and firearms. The screenshots are of a somewhat lesser quality due to the degrading of the film's master over the years. It is a surprisingly little-known film but is very dramatic and well-acted by its stars.
The following firearms were used in the film Suddenly:
John Baron (Frank Sinatra) keeps a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless in his shoulder holster, often drawing it to intimidate his hostages and to kill at least two characters in the film.
Peter "Pop" Benson (James Gleason), the ex-Secret Service agent from the Coolidge era, keeps a Colt New Service hidden in his upper drawer. He loads it when they are first taken hostage but is forced to re-hide it when one of Baron's henchmen catches them. His grandson "Pidge" Benson (Kim Charney) later retrieves the New Service (substituting his similar-looking cap gun for it) and uses it to shoot at Baron during the climax.
Baron's (Frank Sinatra) main sniper rifle in the film is a Gewehr 43 with a Zeiss scope and extended magazine. Baron says the gun has a "heavy recoil and won't stand still", requiring his henchmen to build a contraption to hold it down to the metal table in the Benson living room. Once it is constructed, Shaw asks if it's a "German rifle" in order to stall and anger him by talking about his war service.
Benny: "A Tommy gun would do just as good."
Baron: "A Tommy gun stinks! No accuracy, no punch. Might as well use a revolver. This is the gun... This is quite a gun, Benny. Quite a gun. I did a lot of choppin' in the war with a baby like this. A lot of choppin'."
Several of the state policemen carry, as specified by Sheriff Shaw early in the film, M1928A1 Thompson submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingM1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine and early 'simplified' rear sight that would be adopted for the M1 Thompson - .45 ACP. The M1928A1 in Suddenly had the usual M1928A1 rear sight, not the M1 rear sight.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA California state police sergeant approaches Benny with his M1928A1 Thompson.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAs a Secret Service agent calls in the death of Benny, a police sergeant stands next to him with his Thompson.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAnother California state policeman fires his Thompson up at the Benson home, responding to the Gewehr 41's bullets.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe California state policeman fires his Thompson at the Benson home.
Single Action Army cap gun
"Pidge" Benson (Kim Charney) is given a Single Action Army cap gun by Sheriff Shaw against the wishes of his mother. Baron and his men become used to Pidge carrying the cap gun around and do not notice when he switches it with his grandfather's genuine Colt New Service revolver.
