sinatra play a psychopath who take several people a hostage in his attempt to shoot the usa president . the film be short and deft and and it take itself seriously and that be it spar u of gag and laugh . ( i have see relatively few sinatra moviesthe famous clift or lancaster ww 2 drama and and a couple of tony rome installment that be for me a kind of cult late _noirs . ) a the lead in suddenly and give be his role and sinatra display a marvelous talent . in suddenly ( the name of a small town where the action take place ) and sinatra role come not from the cinema line of character acting and but from life and from a genuine inspiration . in many way and sinatra be even above his role . the young sinatra owe a part of his delicious nonchalance onscreen to his previous experience a a showmanthe man be vastly experience and manage exquisitely his presence . yet he go far beyond a vaudeville nonchalance and give life to a firmly exist psychopath that activate a a hit man . this small action drama have a very well make script and concise and economic and clear and dense . hayden be not a bad actor and either ( but and of course and totally eclipse by the far more striking sinatra ) . it would seem tempt to call the film far ahead of it time while in fact and a a superior thriller and a succinct action dramaof excellent taste and dynamic sense and sustain drama and elastic and steely style and lewis allen suddenly be far above many corny 50 movie that look clumsy and even dolt . yet suddenly be and in fact and an exponent of the other 50 ( just a there be exponent of the other 30 and 40 and 50 ) and worthy piece of style and taste . ( the movie be badly and wrongly define . i have read that the theme of violence and sense of claustrophobia and despair mark the film a completely amoralthis be crap and can only come from someone who have not actually see the movie . on the outside and suddenly not only be not amoralbut it be somehow moralizing . there no claustrophobia ( not above the amount expectable from a hostage drama ) not some that would define the movie . and the invoked wouldespair be but a gross and pedestrian approximation for sinatra lively and remarkable part . ) there be an immensely enjoyable gusto in sinatra highly sparkle youth role . i have see quite a few nice role of hostagesholdersin various registersthe superbly theatrical one ( rourke in cimino desperate hour ) and the comic book one ( savallas and or the different villain in the die hard seriesto quote something from the commercial genre ) . sinatra role in suddenly certainly stand out for have this incredible sharpness and match with a limpidity that should set an example for all actor do such villain role . and notice also how instinctively subtle be sinatra in resolutely refuse to resort to a character act . the young sinatra powerhouse vigor be take and transform into sharpness by be coordinate by an innate ( i suppose ) artistic understanding . compare with what this young man could do and most of other movie villain look like what they truly arecharacter actor . there be a nervous elegance in the way sinatra ( not too ) rapidly sketch and defines his part . he be not at all standard in his portrayal because and a he clearly show it and he do not begin from cinema clichés and but from a true grasp of his role requirement . this resolute realism make him honor while he make no largerthanlife and no overthetop hoodlum and but a psychopath portray with sharpness and volubility and this manly clarity that sign sinatra early part . sinatra role be beautifully engineer and yet with sobriety and taste and and he naturally dominate the stage and eclipse all others and crush mercilessly any other screen presence . on a triple levelin life and on screen and in his advertised and promoted public personasinatra be a predator . this ferocious quality spice his best role and a wellas a mobile and shrewd and agile and violent hoodlum . the whole cast of suddenly look like people mean to make a serious small drama and and not look cool or pose for their fan or preoccupy to look the cool ever . the performance be deprive of the smallminded narcissism that define so many of the _noirs . what matter to the actor in suddenly be the movie and and not their own persona . welleswise and the actor in kansas city confidential be try and strive to be cool and representative while almost nothing of this sort in suddenly . the film here be also deprive that all that be schmaltzy in the 50 and the schmaltzy approach of the 50 . for sinatra and his role be not about pose or look cool . you see . detour meant espouse fatalism and nihilism while kansas city confidential mean flirt with the coolness and with the narcissism and coolness of the image while suddenly mean play it straight .