The Man with the Golden Arm
Drama | Crime
Release Date
December 26, 1955
Duration
119 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Frankie Machine
Frank Sinatra
Zosch Machine
Eleanor Parker
Molly
Kim Novak
Sparrow
Arnold Stang
Louie
Darren McGavin
Schwiefka
Robert Strauss
Drunky
John Conte
Vi
Doro Merande
Sam Markette
George E. Stone
Williams
George Mathews
Dominiwski
Leonid Kinskey
Detective Bednar
Emile Meyer
Band Leader
Shorty Rogers
Drummer
Shelly Manne
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
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
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