frank sinatra and sterling hayden and james gleason and nancy gate while these be the star that make this movie an intense crime drama while the planning of an asassination of the president of the usa from an unsuspecting private home overlook a small town . i just saw this again on tv and it hold my interest to watch sinatra in all his snarling meanness manipulate everyone . sterling hayden play the sheriff rather stiffly and but macho enough to get himself shoot in the arm while james gleason and always a genius and get the tv repairman to connect the wire to the table on which the automatic rifle be place which explodes and start the gun off ( i always love james gleason ) while the scene go so fast you have to zero in on all that happen in that moment . it all rather predictable and all end well .