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The Golden Arm. The Golden Arm is a folktale, a story appearing in multiple cultures through oral tradition and folklore, most famously told by Mark Twain and also used by him to instruct others in how to tell a story. The tale begins with a death or a recently deceased victim who has an artificial limb, usually an arm, made of gold.
19 de jan. de 2010 · The Man With the Golden Arm. By Richard Corliss Jan. 19, 2010. For Otto Preminger’s film about a Chicago card dealer (Frank Sinatra) who falls victim to heroin addiction, then tries to get the monkey off his back, Elmer Bernstein came up with a powerful, pioneering concoction of cool jazz, big band and the Hollywood symphonic style. The score ...
Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm is a feature that focuses on addiction to narcotics. Clinical in its probing of the agonies, this is a gripping, fascinating film, expertly produced ...
In the film, Frank Sinatra plays Frankie Machine, a poker dealer (the man with the golden arm), who has just been released from prison. He has kicked his drug habit thanks to the prison doctors and now wants to give up gambling and become a musician. He returns to his life in Chicago and to his wife Zosh ( Eleanor Parker, borrowed from MGM), a ...
1955. Approved. United Artists. 1 h 59 m. Summary A strung-out junkie deals with a demoralizing drug addiction while his crippled wife and card sharks pull him down. Crime. Drama. Romance. Directed By: Otto Preminger.
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When Otto Preminger was willing to release his drug-addiction drama Man With the Golden Arm without the sanction of a Production Code seal, it proved to be yet another nail in the coffin of that censorial dinosaur. Based on the novel by Nelson Algren, the film stars Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, expert card dealer (hence the title).
A skilled card dealer, drummer and one-time drug addict (Frank Sinatra) gets clean while in prison and returns home. He struggles to find a new livelihood an...
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