The Man with the Golden Arm Movie Review 1955

A gripping film version of the Nelson Algren junkie melodrama, about an ex-addict who returns to town only to get mixed up with drugs again. Crooked card dealer Frankie Machine (Sinatra in a standout performance) returns after a stint in rehab, hoping to pursue new dreams. But his crippled wife Zosch (Parker) wants him to stick with what he knows while drug dealer Louie (McGavin) makes Frankie offers he finds harder and harder to refuse, even with blonde beauty Molly (Novak) to offer Frankie comfort. Considered controversial in its depiction of addiction when released.

Distribution

Moore Video, PO Box 5703, Richmond, VA 23220-0703, Phone: (804)745-9785, Fax: (804)745-9785

Available on VHS
Running time 119 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Drug Use & Abuse, Physical Problems, Books to Film: Nelson Algren

Screenplay

Lewis Meltzer, Walter Newman

Cast

Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, George Mathews, John Conte, Doro Merande

Cinematography

Sam Leavitt

Director

Otto Preminger

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Producer

Otto Preminger