

The Man with the Golden Arm
An 'untouchable' theme… an unusual motion picture!
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 and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $4.4M
- Language
- English
- prison
- drug dealer
- underground world
- jazz
- poker
- sense of guilt
- gambling
- insanity
- junkie
- ex-lover
- suspicion of murder
- rehabilitation
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York15 Dec 1955
- TheatricalNRLos Angeles, California26 Dec 1955
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMVHS1 Jan 1985
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A26 Dec 1955
AustriaAT
- TheatricalAA1 May 1956
BrazilBR
- Theatricale 1216 Jan 1956
FranceFR
- Theatrical4 Jul 1956
- PhysicalDVD26 Jun 2003
- PhysicalBlu-Ray11 Jul 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1223 Mar 1956
GreeceGR
- Theatrical (limited)Re-Issue19 Sept 2024
ItalyIT
- Theatrical3 Mar 1956
JapanJP
- TheatricalG3 May 1956
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1219 Jul 1956
- TV12RTL 522 Feb 2003
- Physical12DVD11 Aug 2003
NorwayNO
- Theatrical1826 Dec 1955
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The Man with the Golden Arm was released on 26 December 1955.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
11/14/2022
This story has quite a well trodden feel to it. Frank Sinatra's "Frankie" is released from a stint in prison and heads straight back to the drug-infused melting pot from whence he came. Initially intent on staying clean, soon peer pressures and his struggle to survive, with his high-maintenance wife "Zosh" (Eleanor Parker) have him back at square one. It might just be that his salvation can come from his lover, the e…
- R8/10
r96sk
5/29/2024
Bit of a slow-moving picture, one that might've ended sooner, though I do class <em>'The Man with the Golden Arm'</em> as something rather quite good. Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak keep events moving along with strong showings, Sinatra especially. Eleanor Parker is, though, the person onscreen that I appreciated most whilst watching, there's just something about her performance that puts her ahead of her co-stars; I…
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