The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

119 min · Drama, drama film, film noir

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Directors

Otto Preminger

Cast

Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss

The story

Frankie Machine is released from the federal Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, and returns to his run-down neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. A drug addict (the drug is never named, but heroin is strongly implied), Frankie became clean in rehab for 6 months. On the outside, he greets friends and acquaintances.

Catalogue themes and tags

Cold Turkey, Drogenhändler, Drug Withdrawal, Drums, Ex-Lover, Game of Chance, Gefängnis, Insanity, Jazz, Junkie, Poker, Rehabilitation, Rollstuhl, Sense of Guilt, Suspicion of Murder, Underground World, Melodrama, Drama, Addiction Drama, Black-and-white, Film adaptation

Genres

Drama, drama film, film noir

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