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The Man with the Golden Arm

Otto Preminger

1955 • 1h 59m

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 dru...

The Man with the Golden Arm

Man with the Golden Arm, The

Cast

Frank Sinatra

Frank SinatraFrankie Machine

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor ParkerZosh Machine

Kim Novak

Arnold Stang

Arnold StangSparrow

Darren McGavin

Darren McGavinLouie

Robert Strauss

Robert StraussSchwiefka

John Conte

John ConteDrunky

Doro Merande

George E. Stone

George E. StoneSam Markette

George Mathews

George MathewsWilliams

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid KinskeyDominiwski

Emile Meyer

Emile MeyerDetective Bednar

Shorty RogersBand Leader

Shelly Manne

Shelly ManneDrummer

Herschel GrahamClub Safari Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Otto Preminger

Otto PremingerDirector

Lewis Meltzer

Lewis MeltzerScreenplay

Elmer Bernstein

Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer

Sam Leavitt

Sam LeavittDirector of Photography

Paul Baxley

Paul BaxleyStunts

Martha Crawford

Martha CrawfordStunt Double

Nelson Algren

Nelson AlgrenNovel

Ben Hecht

Ben HechtAdditional Writing

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