LACONIA — A 1950s film noir crime drama "Suddenly" will be the featured "LRPA After Dark" presentation this Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24, at 10:30 p.m. on Public Access Channel 25.
"Suddenly," starring Sterling Hayden and Frank Sinatra, tells the tale of three would-be assassins who come to the California town of Suddenly with murder on their minds: specifically, killing the president of the United States as he travels through on the train. They pose as FBI agents to gain entrance to a home, then take everyone hostage while they plan their despicable deed. Sinatra made this film hot off of his Oscar-winning role in "From Here to Eternity," and was keen to play a villain. He did so to high critical praise.
A sad footnote to this film is that allegedly," Suddenly" is the film that Lee Harvey Oswald watched the evening before he shot President Kennedy to death in Dallas.
Those who are not subscribers to MetroCast Cablevision can watch the program by logging onto the live stream at the LRPA website, www.lrpa.org.
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