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Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, and Eleanor Parker in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

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The Man with the Golden Arm

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Director

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  • Otto Preminger
    Otto Preminger

Writers

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  • Walter Newman
    Walter Newman
    screenplay and
  • Lewis Meltzer
    Lewis Meltzer
    screenplay
  • Nelson Algren
    Nelson Algren
    from the novel by
  • Ben Hecht
    Ben Hecht
    writer (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    Frankie Machine
  • Eleanor Parker
    Eleanor Parker
    Eleanor Parker
    Zosh Machine
  • Kim Novak in Vertigo (1958)
    Kim Novak
    Kim Novak
    Molly
  • Arnold Stang in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
    Arnold Stang
    Arnold Stang
    Sparrow
  • Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    Louie
  • Robert Strauss
    Robert Strauss
    Robert Strauss
    Schwiefka
  • John Conte
    John Conte
    Drunky
  • Doro Merande in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966)
    Doro Merande
    Doro Merande
    Vi
  • George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    George E. Stone
    Sam Markette
  • George Mathews in The Last Wagon (1956)
    George Mathews
    George Mathews
    Williams
  • Leonid Kinskey in Week-End in Havana (1941)
    Leonid Kinskey
    Leonid Kinskey
    Dominiwski
  • Emile Meyer
    Emile Meyer
    Emile Meyer
    Detective Bednar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Jered Barclay
    Jered Barclay
    Junkie in Lock-Up
    (uncredited)
  • Leonard Bremen, Roger Creed, and David Wayne in Batman (1966)
    Leonard Bremen
    Leonard Bremen
    Cabbie in Lock-Up
    (uncredited)
  • Paul E. Burns and Tom Fadden in The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945)
    Paul E. Burns
    Paul E. Burns
    Suspenders in Lock-Up
    (uncredited)
  • Trumpeter, Jazz, Musician, Portrait, Smiling, Black and White, Musical Instrument pete
    Pete Candoli
    Pete Candoli
    Jazz Musician
    (uncredited)
  • Herschel Graham
    Herschel Graham
    Herschel Graham
    Club Safari Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Harold 'Tommy' Hart
    Harold 'Tommy' Hart
    Officer Kvorka
    (uncredited)
  • Mike Lally
    Mike Lally
    Mike Lally
    Club Safari Bartender
    (uncredited)
  • Drummer Shelly Manne performing at Shelly's Mann-Hole in Los Angeles circa 1960s
    Shelly Manne
    Shelly Manne
    Jazz Musician
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Marlowe
    Frank Marlowe
    Frank Marlowe
    Yantek
    (uncredited)
  • Joe McTurk
    Joe McTurk
    Meter-Reader
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    Frank Mills
    Street Vagrant
    (uncredited)
  • Gordon Mitchell
    Gordon Mitchell
    Gordon Mitchell
    Police Officer
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Turnkey
    (uncredited)
  • Ralph Neff
    Ralph Neff
    Chester
    (uncredited)
  • Norman Papson
    Norman Papson
    Newspaper Boy
    (uncredited)
  • 'Snub' Pollard
    'Snub' Pollard
    'Snub' Pollard
    Street Vagrant
    (uncredited)
  • Ernest Raboff
    Ernest Raboff
    Bird-Dog
    (uncredited)
  • Van Des Autels and Frank Richards in The Lone Ranger (1949)
    Frank Richards
    Frank Richards
    Blind Barfly
    (uncredited)
  • Suzanne Ridgway in Calamity Jane (1953)
    Suzanne Ridgway
    Suzanne Ridgway
    Brunette in Window
    (uncredited)
  • Shorty Rogers, 1955. Modern silver gelatin, 12x9.5, signed. $750 © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV
    Shorty Rogers
    Shorty Rogers
    Jazz Musician
    (uncredited)
  • Jeffrey Sayre
    Jeffrey Sayre
    Jeffrey Sayre
    Club Safari Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Charles Seel in Westworld (1973)
    Charles Seel
    Charles Seel
    Proprietor
    (uncredited)
  • Martha Wentworth
    Martha Wentworth
    Martha Wentworth
    Vangie
    (uncredited)
  • Will Wright
    Will Wright
    Will Wright
    Harry Lane
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Otto Preminger
    Otto Preminger
    producer

Composer

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  • Elmer Bernstein
    Elmer Bernstein

Cinematographer

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  • Sam Leavitt
    Sam Leavitt
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Louis R. Loeffler
    Louis R. Loeffler

Production Designer

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  • Joseph C. Wright
    Joseph C. Wright
    production designer (as Joe Wright)

Set Decorator

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  • Darrell Silvera
    Darrell Silvera

Makeup Department

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  • Hazel Keats
    Hazel Keats
    hair stylist
  • Ben Lane
    Ben Lane
    makeup artist
  • Helene Parrish
    Helene Parrish
    hair stylist
  • Bernard Ponedel
    Bernard Ponedel
    makeup artist
  • Jack Stone
    Jack Stone
    makeup artist

Production Manager

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  • Jack McEdward
    Jack McEdward
    production manager

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • James Engle
    James Engle
    assistant director
  • Horace Hough
    Horace Hough
    assistant director
  • Nat Holt Jr.
    Nat Holt Jr.
    second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Saul Bass
    Saul Bass
    poster designer (uncredited)
  • Stanley Detlie
    Stanley Detlie
    props (uncredited)
  • John B. Mansbridge
    John B. Mansbridge
    assistant production designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Jack Solomon
    Jack Solomon
    sound engineer

Special Effects

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  • George Brown
    George Brown
    special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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  • Paul Baxley
    Paul Baxley
    stunts (uncredited)
  • Martha Crawford
    Martha Crawford
    stunt double: Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
  • Helen Thurston
    Helen Thurston
    stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • James Almond
    James Almond
    lighting technician
  • Albert Myers
    Albert Myers
    camera operator
  • Morris Rosen
    Morris Rosen
    head grip
  • Vaughn Wilkins
    Vaughn Wilkins
    assistant camera
  • Eugene Kornman
    Eugene Kornman
    still photographer (uncredited)
  • Val O'Malley
    Val O'Malley
    camera operator (uncredited)
  • Robert Willoughby
    Robert Willoughby
    special still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Joe King
    Joe King
    wardrobe: men
  • Mary Ann Nyberg
    Mary Ann Nyberg
    costume supervisor
  • Adele Parmenter
    Adele Parmenter
    wardrobe: women

Editorial Department

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  • Tony de Zarraga
    Tony de Zarraga
    assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

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  • Leon Birnbaum
    Leon Birnbaum
    music editor
  • Shorty Rogers
    Shorty Rogers
    musician: jazz sequences
  • Shorty Rogers and His Giants
    Shorty Rogers and His Giants
    musician: jazz sequences (as Shorty Rogers and his Giants)
  • Elmer Bernstein
    Elmer Bernstein
    conductor (uncredited) / score producer (uncredited)
  • Arthur L. Frantz
    Arthur L. Frantz
    musician: french horn (uncredited)
  • Jack Hayes
    Jack Hayes
    arranger (uncredited)
  • Milt Holland
    Milt Holland
    musician: percussionist (uncredited)
  • Anatol Kaminsky
    Anatol Kaminsky
    musician: violin (uncredited)
  • Shelly Manne
    Shelly Manne
    musician (uncredited)
  • Leo Shuken
    Leo Shuken
    arranger (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Kathleen Fagan
    Kathleen Fagan
    script supervisor

Additional Crew

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  • Saul Bass
    Saul Bass
    title designer
  • Otto Preminger
    Otto Preminger
    presenter
  • Max Slater
    Max Slater
    assistant to producer (as Maximilian Slater)
  • Nadine Alari
    Nadine Alari
    french voice dubbing: Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
  • Michel André
    Michel André
    french voice dubbing: Frank Sinatra (uncredited)
  • Stéphane Audel
    Stéphane Audel
    french voice dubbing: Robert Strauss (uncredited)
  • Tom Bailey
    Tom Bailey
    technical advisor (uncredited)
  • Gianfranco Bellini
    Gianfranco Bellini
    italian voice dubbing: Arnold Stang (uncredited)
  • Rosetta Calavetta
    Rosetta Calavetta
    italian voice dubbing: Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
  • Pauline Carton
    Pauline Carton
    french voice dubbing: Doro Merande (uncredited)
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