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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Lewis Allen
Director
Richard Sale
Screenplay
John F. Schreyer
Editor
Charles G. Clarke
Director of Photography
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director
Hal Klein
Assistant Director
Robert Bassler
Producer
Bob Gough
Camera Operator
Jack Masters
Wardrobe Designer
Lois Murray
Hairdresser
Willard Buell
Makeup Artist
Del Harris
Sound Editor
Win Hancock
Sound Recordist
Joe Edmondson
Sound Recordist
Herman E. Townsley
Special Effects
Jack Rabin
Visual Effects
Louis DeWitt
Visual Effects
David Raksin
Original Music Composer
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Doris Drought
Script Supervisor
Irving W. Sindler
Property Master
Charles Hall
Production Manager
Frank Paul Sylos
Art Direction
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