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The Man with the Golden Arm

7.2 119 mins Drama   Crime   1955
Carlyle Productions  
Director(s): Otto Preminger

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 of The Man with the Golden Arm

Frank Sinatra

as Frankie Machine

Eleanor Parker

as Zosch 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

Shorty Rogers

as Band Leader

Shelly Manne

as Drummer

Herschel Graham

as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

Frank Mills

as Street Vagrant (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Street Vagrant (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

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