The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
December 26, 1955Release Date
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
December 26, 1955Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine
Eleanor Parker
Zosch Machine
Kim Novak
Molly
Arnold Stang
Sparrow
Darren McGavin
Louie
Robert Strauss
Schwiefka
John Conte
Drunky
Doro Merande
Vi
George E. Stone
Sam Markette
George Mathews
Williams
Leonid Kinskey
Dominiwski
Emile Meyer
Detective Bednar
Shorty Rogers
Band Leader
Shelly Manne
Drummer
Herschel Graham
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Otto Preminger
Director / Producer
Walter Newman
Screenplay
Lewis Meltzer
Screenplay
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Joseph C. Wright
Production Design
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Jack McEdward
Production Manager
Helen Thurston
Stunts
Albert Myers
Camera Operator
Nelson Algren
Novel
Leon Birnbaum
Music Editor
Max Slater
Producer's Assistant
Mary Ann Nyberg
Costume Supervisor
Jack Solomon
Sound Engineer
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
James Engle
Assistant Director
Kathleen Fagan
Script Supervisor
Joe King
Wardrobe Master
Adele Parmenter
Wardrobe Master
Jack Stone
Makeup Artist
Bernard Ponedel
Makeup Artist
Ben Lane
Makeup Artist
Helene Parrish
Hairstylist
Hazel Keats
Hairstylist
James Almond
Lighting Technician
Morris Rosen
Key Grip
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Martha Crawford
Stunt Double
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Pete Candoli
Harold 'Tommy' Hart
Mike Lally
Frank Marlowe
Joe McTurk
Gordon Mitchell
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 26, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Budget$1,000,000
Box Office$4,350,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film with elements of film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren. Starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin, it recounts the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. Although the addictive drug is never identified in the film, according to the American Film Institute "most contemporary and modern sources assume that it is heroin", although in Algren's book it is morphine. The film's initial release was controversial for its treatment of the then-taboo subject of drug addiction.It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Sinatra for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Joseph C. Wright and Darrell Silvera for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White and Elmer Bernstein for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Sinatra was also nominated for best actor awards by the BAFTAs and The New York Film Critics. The film is in the public domain, and in 2020 was added into the National Film Registry.