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The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
Keywords
assassin
usa president
film noir
black and white
train
home invasion
secret service
grocery store
held hostage
assassination plan
electrician
tv repairman
Casts
Frank Sinatra
John Baron
Sterling Hayden
Sheriff Tod Shaw
James Gleason
Peter 'Pop' Benson
Nancy Gates
Ellen Benson
Kim Charney
Peter 'Pidge' Benson III
Willis Bouchey
Secret Service Detail Chief Dan Carney
Paul Frees
Benny Conklin
Christopher Dark
Bart Wheeler
James O'Hara
Jud Hobson
Kem Dibbs
Wilson
Charles Smith
Bebop
Paul Wexler
Slim Adams
Clark Howat
Haggerty
John Beradino
Trooper (uncredited)
Richard Collier
Ed Hawkins (uncredited)
Roy Engel
Driver Asking Slim for Directions (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
Driver Asking Tod for Directions (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Iz Kaplan (uncredited)
Dan White
Burg (uncredited)
Crews
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
John F. Schreyer
Editor
Charles Hall
Production Manager
Willard Buell
Makeup Artist
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Lewis Allen
Director
Robert Bassler
Producer
Richard Sale
Screenplay
David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Lois Murray
Hairdresser
Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography
Irving W. Sindler
Property Master
Jack Rabin
Visual Effects
Doris Drought
Script Supervisor
Herman E. Townsley
Special Effects
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director
Win Hancock
Sound Recordist
Louis DeWitt
Visual Effects
Bob Gough
Camera Operator
Joe Edmondson
Sound Recordist
Del Harris
Sound Editor
Hal Klein
Assistant Director
Jack Masters
Wardrobe Designer
Backdrops & Posters
