The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
1955-12-26
(US) •
Drama,
Crime
An 'untouchable' theme… an unusual motion picture!
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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.
Movie Cast
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine
Eleanor Parker
Zosch Machine
Kim Novak
Molly
Arnold Stang
Sparrow
Darren McGavin
Louie
Robert Strauss
Schwiefka
John Conte
Drunky
Doro Merande
Vi
George E. Stone
Sam Markette
George Mathews
Williams
Leonid Kinskey
Dominiwski
Emile Meyer
Detective Bednar
Shorty Rogers
Band Leader
Shelly Manne
Drummer
Herschel Graham
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
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
