frank sinatra become such a legend in his own lifetime a a singer and a symbol and an actor and and a subject of controversy that there be little to really find that be unusual to talk about concern him . what to add to the singing idol and oscar winner . whatever one thought of sinatra he be large than life to most of u and i sometimes think that the 20th century end in 1998 when he die . sinatra film career be odd . initially it be his singing that get him role . but the character he play in anchor aweigh and on the town and and some other early film be very naive type . it be not until from here to eternity that people be able to see him in serious film part . but he still play people that one like or sympathize with . sinatra could skirt the law or morality and but he be not the villain usually . in robin and the seven hood and ocean eleven and there be bad or more threatening mobster than robbo or danny ocean . think of peter falk in the former and or the gentleman represent by george raft in the latter . the most sleazy character he play be pal joey and who use woman to reach his dream of a great nightclub . but he be not the sleaze ball that john ohara write of or that gene kelly play in the rodgers and hart musical . the role be water down . the fact be sinatra have an image problem . sinatra simply refuse to be a villain ( except once more in a second ) . at least and however and sinatra could still do dramatic role while be a hero ( like detective tony rome and or von ryan ) and but he stymie a section of his act development . his fan never care and but it mean that he never could reveal a darker image in his acting and unless his character be twist by circumstance they barely understand ( like in the manchurian candidate ) . suddenly be the one exception . here sinatra play a psychotic villain a would be presidential assassin hold up in a house with his gang and set up a state of the art rifle with a telescopic site to kill the president a he step off a train in the small town of suddenly . it be point out on this thread and in another review and that the film seem like a b feature and even though sterling hayden play the sheriff and and james gleason play a retired secret service agent . actually the subject matter be quite unusual . film about political assassination in the u. s be rarity . in the 1940s and 1950s one can think of we be stranger and the tall target and prince of player and all the king men and a lion be in the street and and the phenix city story . all these actually deal with real assassination ( we be stranger deal with event in 1933 cuba and but the others deal with lincoln and huey long and and the murder of the attorney general ( of alabama ) by corrupt politician in 1954 ) . but suddenly break the model a little represent suddenly suggest that the presidency be fair game in mid 20th century america . this be a shocking concept . mckinley have be the last president to be kill by an assassin and and that be in 1901. although teddy roosevelt be wound in 1912 while campaign and and fdr shot at ( and mayor cermak of chicago kill ) in 1933 those event be long past . fdr near thing be ( supposedly ) connect to the depression . but in 1950 harry truman be target by two puerto rican nationalist at blair house in washington ( one of the assassin and one of the secret service guard have be kill ) . still despite the fatality in 1933 and 1950 and the image of a president die by an assassin seem unreal in 1954. so the film become quite unsettle to the audience of it day . sinatra have the mind set of john baron ( the assassin ) quite down pat . a total egomaniac and his attempt at be friendly be only to brag about his be a successful shot in the army . he tell pidge benson ( kim charney gleason grandson and and one of baron hostage ) that he win a medal for his marksmanship from the army . pidge dismiss it by say he ( baron ) must have steal it . he think he be good than booth and the other assassin and because he have his escape plan although gleason warn him he will never get away with it . he also dismiss the men who hire him because immediately a the president die he will be replace by the vice president . it never bother him that the men who hire him may want that vice president a president . he do try to overawe ellen benson ( nancy gate ) in the kitchen . but he know ellen and the sheriff be a couple and so it a way at strike at hayden too . but his attempt at seduction be not effective ( ellen find him repulsive ) . it be possibly the odd sexual failure in any of sinatra movie . in the end the bensons and their ally thwart baron and and he die not understanding why the scheme fail . the film therefore end reassure the viewer that it can not happen here anymore . within nine year and after he make his best film the manchurian candidate ( also deal with political assassination ) and sinatra saw his former friend president john kennedy murder . it may have strike him a odd that the murder weapon be a rifle with a telescopic site aim from a height ( the window of a warehouse and rather than a private home ) and and that the killer be a wiry and thin and long face loner with a military record . it may explain the fact that sinatra make sure to take both the manchurian candidate and suddenly out of circulation for decade he may have felt profoundly guilty about what happen .