The Man with the Golden Arm
- Released on
Drama, Crime
•- Runtime
- 119 mins
(219 votes)
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.
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.
Cast
- Frank Sinatra
- Eleanor Parker
- Kim Novak
- Arnold Stang
- Darren McGavin
- Robert Strauss
- John Conte
- Doro Merande
- George E. Stone
- George Mathews
- Leonid Kinskey
- Emile Meyer
- Shorty Rogers
- Shelly Manne
- Herschel Graham
- Frank Mills
- Harry 'Snub' Pollard
- Jeffrey Sayre
- Jered Barclay
- Leonard Bremen
- Paul E. Burns
- Pete Candoli
- Harold 'Tommy' Hart
- Mike Lally
- Frank Marlowe
- Joe McTurk
- Gordon Mitchell
- Jack Mulhall
- Ralph Neff
- Norman Papson
- Ernest Raboff
- Frank Richards
- Suzanne Ridgway
- Charles Seel
- Martha Wentworth
- Will Wright
Director
- Otto Preminger
Producers
- Otto Preminger
Screenwriter
- Walter Newman
- Lewis Meltzer
