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The Man with the Golden Arm( 1955)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Frank Sinatra

      Frankie Machine

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      Eleanor Parker

      Zosch Machine

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      Kim Novak

      Molly

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      Arnold Stang

      Sparrow

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      Darren McGavin

      Louie

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      Robert Strauss

      Schwiefka

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      John Conte

      Drunky

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      Doro Merande

      Vi

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      George E. Stone

      Sam Markette

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      George Mathews

      Williams

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      Leonid Kinskey

      Dominiwski

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      Emile Meyer

      Detective Bednar

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      Shorty Rogers

      Band Leader

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      Shelly Manne

      Drummer

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      Herschel Graham

      Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

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      Frank Mills

      Street Vagrant (uncredited)

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      Harry 'Snub' Pollard

      Street Vagrant (uncredited)

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      Jeffrey Sayre

      Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

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      Jered Barclay

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      Leonard Bremen

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      Paul E. Burns

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      Pete Candoli

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      Harold 'Tommy' Hart

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      Mike Lally

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      Frank Marlowe

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      Joe McTurk

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      Gordon Mitchell

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      Jack Mulhall

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      Ralph Neff

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      Norman Papson

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      Ernest Raboff

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      Frank Richards

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      Suzanne Ridgway

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      Charles Seel

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      Martha Wentworth

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      Will Wright

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 14 2022
    This story has quite a well trodden feel to it. Frank Sinatra's "Frankie" is released from a stint in prison and heads straight back to the drug-infused melting pot from whence he came. Initially intent on staying clean, soon peer pressures and his struggle to survive, with his high-maintenance wife "Zosh" (Eleanor Parker) have him back at square one. It might just be that his salvation can come from his lover, the excellent Kim Novak ("Molly"), and from his drum kit? Sinatra proves he has some versatility as an actor here, and both Parker and Novak - alongside an un-nerving effort from Robert ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1000000.00

    Revenue

    4350000.00

    Keywords

    • prison
    • drug dealer
    • underground world
    • jazz
    • poker
    • sense of guilt
    • gambling
    • insanity
    • junkie
    • ex-lover
    • suspicion of murder
    • rehabilitation
    • wheelchair
    • cold turkey
    • drums
    • preserved film