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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 7.4
Strung-out junkie deals with daily demoralizing drug addiction while crippled wife and card sharks continue to pull him down. Director:Otto Preminger |
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Cast
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Zosch Machine
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Molly
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Sparrow
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Louie
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Schwiefka
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John Conte | ... |
Drunky
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Doro Merande | ... |
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Sam Markette
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George Mathews | ... |
Williams
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Leonid Kinskey | ... |
Dominiwski
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Detective Bednar
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Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction. Written by Mike Campanelli <mjc@rubinbaum.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 January 1956 (Brazil) See more »Also Known As:
Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm See more »Filming Locations:
RKO Studios - 780 Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
Frank Sinatra is mentioned twice in Nelson Algren's 1949 novel on which the film is based. See more »Goofs
When Frankie returns to his apartment after his release, the top edge of the set and the studio lights are clearly visible as the camera pans across the room. See more »Quotes
Sparrow: You can't hold me, I'm un-incapable. I'm not smart enough to be running around loose and too goofy to be locked up. The neck, will ya let go of the neck... let go of the neck!See more »
This is easily one of the best movies of the 1950s. Otto Preminger directed only four or five really good movies and this is one of them. Frank Sinatra gives his best performance and the music score by Elmer Bernstein is dynamite. From the opening titles (by Saul Bass) to the hysteria of drug addict Frank going cold turkey, this is a riveting movie! With Kim Novak (giving a very good performance), Eleanor Parker (giving a very bad performance) as well as Darren McGavin as the reptilian pusher and Arnold Stang as Frank's grifter pal. Beware of bad prints: this movie is in the public domain so some copies are pretty rough.