The Man With the Golden Arm

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer, small-time con man Schwiefka, and Frankie's old drug dealer, Louis, re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

Cast :

• Frank Sinatra
• Frankie Machine

• Eleanor Parker
• Zosch Machine

• Kim Novak
• Molly

• Arnold Stang
• Sparrow

• Darren McGavin
• Louie

• Robert Strauss
• Schwiefka

• George Mathews
• Williams

• John Conte
• Drunky

• Doro Merande
• Vi

• George E. Stone
• Sam Markette

• Emile Meyer
• Detective Bednar

• Shorty Rogers
• Himself (uncredited)

• Shelly Manne
• Himself (uncredited)

• Leonid Kinskey
• Dominiwski

• Frank Richards
• Blind Barfly (uncredited)

• Ralph Neff
• Chester (uncredited)

• Ernest Raboff
• Bird-Dog (uncredited)

• Martha Wentworth
• Vangie (uncredited)

• Jerry Barclay
• Junkie in Lock-up (uncredited)

• Leonard Bremen
• Taxi Driver in Lock-up (uncredited)

• Paul E. Burns
• Suspenders (uncredited)

• Charles Seel
• Proprietor (uncredited)

• Will Wright
• Harry Lane (uncredited)

• Tommy Hart
• Police Officer Kvorka (uncredited)

• Frank Marlowe
• Antek (uncredited)

• Joe McTurk
• Meter Reader (uncredited)