The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm
Release: 1955-12-26
·Runtime: 119m
·★ 7.1
Drama
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Carlyle Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Arnold Stang
as Sparrow
Robert Strauss
as Schwiefka
Shelly Manne
as Drummer
Leonard Bremen
Suzanne Ridgway
Jeffrey Sayre
as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Gordon Mitchell
Will Wright
Frank Sinatra
as Frankie Machine
Eleanor Parker
as Zosch Machine
Mike Lally
Frank Marlowe
John Conte
as Drunky
Leonid Kinskey
as Dominiwski
Emile Meyer
as Detective Bednar
Frank Richards
George Mathews
as Williams
Jered Barclay
Jack Mulhall
Martha Wentworth
Kim Novak
as Molly
Darren McGavin
as Louie
Doro Merande
as Vi
George E. Stone
as Sam Markette
Frank Mills
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
