The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

  • Director: Otto Preminger
  • Writer: Walter Newman,Lewis Meltzer,Nelson Algren
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 16, 1956
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Covek sa zlatnom rukom
  • The Man with the Golden Arm is a crime film directed by Otto the Ogre starring Francis Albert Sinatra and Eleanor Parker .
    The film tells the story of Frankie returning to his familiar neighborhood after 6 months of treatment in the compulsory drug rehab department and falling back into his original life.

    Details

    • Release date January 16, 1956
    • Filming locations RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies Otto Preminger Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,000,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Clair 2022-04-09 09:01:09

      saul bass opening

      [The Man with the Golden Arm] A very old movie, black and white, 1955, which was finally downloaded by me today. The reason for watching this movie is Saul Bass, the designer who likes movie titles, an important step from static graphic design to dynamic. Even so, the plot of the movie is very good. How does a person who came back from a drug rehabilitation center struggle with drugs, gambling and his life and future; his wife would rather sacrifice her freedom of movement in order to get her...

    • By Kelvin 2022-04-09 09:01:09

      Film Noir and Drugs

      Most of the protagonists in film noir are addicted to something, usually a woman, but also money, and "Double Insurance" is a double addiction. The director of "The Man with the Golden Arm", Otto Preminger, made the characters addicted to it because of something that has never been seen in Hollywood movies because of censorship - heroin.
      Compared with the alcoholic black film "Lost Weekend" ten years ago, the discussion of drug dependence in "The Man with the Golden Arm" does not stop at...

    • By Emmanuel 2022-04-09 08:01:02

      man with golden arm

      Compared with most noir films, "The Man with the Golden Arm" is inferior, whether it is the use of light or the suspense of the plot. Sinatra's excellent acting may make up for it, and the good soundtrack also makes the whole story have the atmosphere of that era, but overall I still feel that something is missing, and the plot and scheduling are not good. I just watched Preminger's "Peachy Case" in the previous paragraph. It is much stronger and more attractive than this one, but the titles of...

    • By Michel 2022-04-09 08:01:02

      mediocre film noir

      Compared with most noir films, "The Man with the Golden Arm" is inferior, whether it is the use of light or the suspense of the plot. Sinatra's excellent acting may make up for it, and the good soundtrack also makes the whole story have the atmosphere of that era, but overall I still feel that something is missing, and the plot and scheduling are not good. I just watched Preminger's "Peachy Case" in the previous paragraph. It is much stronger and more attractive than this one, but the titles of...

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    • By Logan 2022-04-13 09:01:06

      It's a desperate movie with a long shot star jazz noir theme. The director is ambitious but the effect is mediocre. The main reason is that the acting is mediocre! Not just Sinatra, but...

    • By Wilfrid 2022-04-13 09:01:06

      This may be the earliest film about drug addiction. This film can be said to be an excellent example of the soundtrack to drive the atmosphere. Although the death of the pit woman at the end is regrettable and dark, it is still not dark...

    • By Arvid 2022-04-13 09:01:06

      Caravan's sin addict as the...

    • By Edgardo 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      The villain is not three-dimensional enough, very...

    • By Milo 2022-04-12 09:01:10

      The BGM is really swag, the black and white photography light and shadow close-ups are great, I don't know who made up the...

    Movie plot

    In the late 1940s, after serving six months in a federal narcotics hospital, Frankie Maginek returned to Chicago's South Side , which was largely populated by Polish-Americans. Frank's favorite bar, Anteke's Targmore Tavern, the residents are delighted to meet Frank, especially his good friend "The Dog Lost" Sparrow (Arnold Stein). While Frankie's former drug purveyor, "Nifty" Louis Fomorowski (Darren McGavin), offers Frankie a free...
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    Background creation

    The film is a work taken by Francis Albert Sinatra after he won the Oscars Supporting Actor Award for " Always " . He was nominated for the only Oscars Best Actor, but unfortunately lost to Ernest Borgnine of the dark horse film " Marty " . Sinatra's amazing performance as a drug addict in the film is also the first time Hollywood has portrayed drug use head-on. This controversial film impacted the film censorship system at that time...
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    Movie quotes

    • Frankie Machine: You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain...

    • Louie: The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn.

    • Sparrow: You can't hold me, I'm un-incapable. I'm not smart enough to be running around loose and too goofy to be locked up. The neck, will ya let go of the neck... let go of the neck!