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The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American independent drama film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren.
A crime drama film starring Frank Sinatra as a card dealer and heroin addict who tries to reform after jail. The film was nominated for three Oscars and was one of the first to address the topic of drug addiction.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Otto Preminger
- 1956-01-16
The Man with the Golden Arm is a novel by Nelson Algren, published by Doubleday in November 1949. One of the seminal novels of post-World War II American letters, The Man with the Golden Arm is widely considered Algren's greatest and most enduring work. It won the National Book Award in 1950.
- Nelson Algren
- 1949
The Man with the Golden Arm, American film drama, released in 1955, that broke new ground with its realistic look at the life of a heroin addict. The film was based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren and starred Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, a struggling addict who gets clean while
- Lee Pfeiffer
For three years, Zosh has been in a wheelchair, the result of a car accident caused by Frankie, the guilt associated which led to Frankie marrying her, despite he now being in love with a young woman named Molly, a strip club hostess, who lives downstairs in their tenement building.
Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old ...
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Nov 26, 2023 · '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...
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