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The Man with the Golden Arm ()

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A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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  • Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations.
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Frankie Machine
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Zosh Machine
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Molly
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Sparrow
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Louie
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Schwiefka
John Conte ...
Drunky
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Vi
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Sam Markette
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Williams
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Dominiwski
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Detective Bednar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jered Barclay ...
Junkie in Lock-Up (uncredited)
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Cabbie in Lock-Up (uncredited)
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Suspenders in Lock-Up (uncredited)
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Jazz Musician (uncredited)
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Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Harold 'Tommy' Hart ...
Officer Kvorka (uncredited)
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Club Safari Bartender (uncredited)
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Jazz Musician (uncredited)
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Yantek (uncredited)
Joe McTurk ...
Meter-Reader (uncredited)
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Street Vagrant (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
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Turnkey (uncredited)
Ralph Neff ...
Chester (uncredited)
Norman Papson ...
Newspaper Boy (uncredited)
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Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Ernest Raboff ...
Bird-Dog (uncredited)
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Blind Barfly (uncredited)
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Brunette in Window (uncredited)
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Jazz Musician (uncredited)
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Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
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Proprietor (uncredited)
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Vangie (uncredited)
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Harry Lane (uncredited)

Directed by

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Otto Preminger

Written by

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Walter Newman ... (screenplay) and
Lewis Meltzer ... (screenplay)
 
Nelson Algren ... (from the novel by)
 
Ben Hecht ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Otto Preminger ... producer

Music by

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Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography by

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Sam Leavitt ... director of photography

Editing by

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Louis R. Loeffler

Editorial Department

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Tony de Zarraga ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Joseph C. Wright ... (as Joe Wright)

Set Decoration by

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Darrell Silvera

Makeup Department

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Hazel Keats ... hair stylist
Ben Lane ... makeup artist
Helene Parrish ... hair stylist
Bernard Ponedel ... makeup artist
Jack Stone ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Jack McEdward ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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James Engle ... assistant director
Horace Hough ... assistant director
Nat Holt Jr. ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Saul Bass ... poster designer (uncredited)
Stanley Detlie ... props (uncredited)
John B. Mansbridge ... assistant production designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Jack Solomon ... sound engineer

Special Effects by

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George Brown ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Paul Baxley ... stunts (uncredited)
Martha Crawford ... stunt double: Eleanor Parker (uncredited)
Helen Thurston ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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James Almond ... lighting technician
Albert Myers ... camera operator
Morris Rosen ... head grip
Vaughn Wilkins ... assistant camera
Eugene Kornman ... still photographer (uncredited)
Val O'Malley ... camera operator (uncredited)
Robert Willoughby ... special still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Joe King ... wardrobe: men
Mary Ann Nyberg ... costume supervisor
Adele Parmenter ... wardrobe: women

Music Department

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Leon Birnbaum ... music editor
Shorty Rogers ... musician: jazz sequences
Shorty Rogers and His Giants ... musician: jazz sequences (as Shorty Rogers and his Giants)
Elmer Bernstein ... conductor (uncredited) / score producer (uncredited)
Arthur L. Frantz ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Jack Hayes ... arranger (uncredited)
Milt Holland ... musician: percussionist (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... musician (uncredited)
Leo Shuken ... arranger (uncredited)
Fred Steiner ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Albert Woodbury ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Kathleen Fagan ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Saul Bass ... title designer
Otto Preminger ... presenter
Max Slater ... assistant to producer (as Maximilian Slater)
Tom Bailey ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Jack Entratter ... technical advisor (uncredited)
David Haft ... assistant to producer (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Charles E. Miller ... technical advisor (uncredited)
Frank Weatherwax ... dog trainer (uncredited)
Rudd Weatherwax ... dog trainer (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction. Written by Mike Campanelli

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Taglines An "unthinkable" theme See more »
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Also Known As
  • L'homme au bras d'or (France)
  • Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm (Germany)
  • L'home del braç d'or (Spain, Catalan title)
  • El hombre del brazo de oro (Spain)
  • Ôgon no ude (Japan)
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Runtime
  • 119 min
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Budget $1,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Frank Sinatra jumped at a chance to star in the film before reading the entire script. See more »
Goofs In a scene about twenty minutes in, as the camera exits the bar following Frankie, the jukebox can be seen to slide out of the way of the camera at the bottom of the screen. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Bass on Titles (1982). See more »
Quotes Sparrow: You all right... you know?
Frankie Machine: The monkey's gone.
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