The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
- Released
- 1955-12-26
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Otto Preminger, Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 266 votes
Cast
- Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine
- Eleanor Parker as Zosh Machine
- Kim Novak as Molly
- Arnold Stang as Sparrow
- Darren McGavin as Louie
- Robert Strauss as Schwiefka
- John Conte as Drunky
- Doro Merande as Vi
- George E. Stone as Sam Markette
- George Mathews as Williams
- Leonid Kinskey as Dominiwski
- Emile Meyer as Detective Bednar