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Release Date: 1955   Duration: 119 min

Cast: Arnold Stang, Pete Candoli, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, Frank Sinatra, Leonid Kinskey, Jeffrey Sayre, George E. Stone, Emile Meyer, Shelly Manne, Will Wright, Mike Lally ...MORE

Cast: Arnold Stang, Pete Candoli, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, Frank Sinatra, Leonid Kinskey, Jeffrey Sayre, George E. Stone, Emile Meyer, Shelly Manne, Will Wright, Mike Lally, Paul E. Burns, Joe McTurk, Shorty Rogers, Frank Mills, Ralph Neff, John Conte, George Mathews, Snub Pollard, Ernest Raboff, Frank Marlowe, Jack Mulhall, Eleanor Parker, Harold 'Tommy' Hart, Jerry Barclay, Frank Richards, Charles Seel, Kim Novak, Doro Merande, Martha Wentworth, Gordon Mitchell, Leonard Bremen, Suzanne Ridgeway ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama

The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. It stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin. It was adapted for the screen by Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer and Ben...  MORE

The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a heroin addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. It stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin. It was adapted for the screen by Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer and Ben Hecht, and directed by Otto Preminger. 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 was controversial for its time; the Motion Picture Association of America refused to certify the film because it showed drug addiction. The gritty black-and-white film uniquely portrayed heroin as a serious literary topic as it rejected the standard "dope fiend" approach of the time. It was the first of its kind to tackle the marginalized issue of illicit drug use. Because it dealt with the taboo subject of "narcotics," Hollywood's Production Code refused to grant a seal of approval for the film, and it was released without the MPAA's seal of approval. This sparked a change in production codes, allowing movies more freedom to more deeply explore hitherto taboo subjects such as drug abuse, kidnapping, abortion and prostitution. In the end, the film received the code number 17011. LESS