According to IMDB, Turner will air, next Saturday at 4:30 a.m., "Suddenly," a little gem of a thriller starring Hayden as a brave, small town cop thrust into the middle of a plot to assassinate the President of the US. Frank Sinatra plays a chillingly psychopathic hired assassin who takes Hayden, his lady friend, her son and father, hostage in her home as he sets up to shoot the President when his train stops in the little town of Suddenly on the way to a fishing trip. It's Sinatra's finest role, IMO. Don't miss it!

"Dr. Strangelove" was the comic older brother of "Fail-Safe," a truly harrowing film on a runaway bomber group and its consequences. It's one of Sidney Lumet's absolute best efforts, handsomely abetted by Henry Fonda as the President and Edward Binns as the bomber group commander. "Fail-Safe" exemplifies the contribution of a great director: there's practically no exterior action, and most of the movie takes place on a single set, with the President talking to the Soviet Premier. Yet it is totally riveting, frightening, credible.