Sinatra and Ruth Koch, the wife of producer Howard Koch, were swimming at a beach when they were swept out to sea by the outgoing tide and nearly drowned.
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Sinatra was in need of a hit -- Marriage on the Rocks and Assault on a Queen having flopped in the two previous years -- so he put actor and trusted aide Brad Dexter in charge of finding a suitable vehicle.