The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm


Starring:Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, Doro Merande, George E. Stone, George Mathews, Leonid Kinskey, Emile Meyer, Frank Marlowe, Joe McTurk, Paul E. Burns, Leonard Bremen, Jack Mulhall, Shelly Manne, Jered Barclay, Frank Richards
Director: Otto Preminger
Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO
Product Type: DVD

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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey to kick the habit) frighteningly naked. He's touchingly matched with Kim Novak, in one of her best performances; adding a bit of method-acting madness is Eleanor Parker as Frankie's hysterical wife. Sinatra was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Ernest Borgnine--the same guy who beat him senseless in From Here to Eternity. The propulsive jazz score is by Elmer Bernstein. Even the credits sequence staked out new territory: the mod images created by Saul Bass were among his first in a long-standing collaboration with Preminger, and were highly influential on other designers. --Robert Horton
Description
Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight—or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not only the inner city but middle America as well. It contains what Frank Sinatra himself considered his best performance, a role which gained him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor of 1955. Directed by the notorious Otto Preminger, this hard-edged, expressionistic view of the normally-depicted-as-glorious 1950s will come as a fascinating surprise to those who have yet to discover this classic melodrama. Co-starring a young Darren McGavin in his debut film performance, it also contains one of movie score legend Elmer Bernstein's best compositions which earned one of the film's two other Oscar nominations, along with one for art direction. Includes Original Theatrical Trailer: Approx. 2 min. Film: Approx. 119 min.

Bonus Material: At The Movies With Frank Sinatra Enjoy exclusive and revealing interviews with Hollywood legends Henry Silva (Manchurian Candidate), Beverly Garland (The Joker Is Wild), Ernest Borgnine (From Here To Eternity), and Joey Bishop (Ocean's 11). Along with these rare and insightful interviews from the stars are the original coming attraction trailers from these classic moments of cinema magic. Special bonus material includes a revealing backstage look at the making of The Man With The Golden Arm. Sinatra himself is seen in a rare and candid interview. Composer Elmer Bernstein talks about scoring the film, and discusses Sinatra's artistic contributions. Star Tommy Sands relates classic moments of what it was like working with Sinatra, and historian Rick Ross talks about the impact of Frank's performance in this classic contribution to the annals of Hollywood Cinema. (Approx. 30 min.)
The Man with the Golden Arm (50th Anniversary Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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 The Man with the Golden Arm (50th Anniversary Edition)
Starring: Frank Sinatra , Eleanor Parker , Kim Novak , Arnold Stang , and Darren McGavin
Director: Otto Preminger
Manufacturer: Hart Sharp Video
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ASIN: B00009QGEI
Release Date: 2005-10-18

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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey to kick the habit) frighteningly naked. He's touchingly matched with Kim Novak, in one of her best performances; adding a bit of method-acting madness is Eleanor Parker as Frankie's hysterical wife. Sinatra was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Ernest Borgnine--the same guy who beat him senseless in From Here to Eternity. The propulsive jazz score is by Elmer Bernstein. Even the credits sequence staked out new territory: the mod images created by Saul Bass were among his first in a long-standing collaboration with Preminger, and were highly influential on other designers. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Man With the Golden Arm.......2007-06-26

Golden-throated crooner-turned-actor Sinatra shifted into bleak, non-singing territory in Otto Preminger's visceral "The Man With the Golden Arm," a groundbreaking portrayal of drug addiction based on the novel by Nelson Algren. Though Preminger's treatment of the drug theme now feels inevitably dated, Sinatra turns in an astounding performance as jittery hard-luck case Frankie Machine, earning him his only Oscar nod for Best Actor. Elmer Bernstein's crime-jazz score adds a perfectly seedy tone. McGavin also has a field day playing Frankie's pusher.

2 out of 5 stars Somewhat dreary and tedious.......2007-01-21

The beatnick style of the film and the soundtrack are OK but it's still an old movie so it moves slow and can be a bit tedious. It is a great work but still on the dull side.

5 out of 5 stars A Golden Performance!.......2007-01-09

Sinatra is at his best in Otto Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm." Sinatra makes you believe he is the junkie he portrays in the 1956 classic. It has been written up by movie critics ovet the decades and I have to agree with the ones that I have read; this movie is still awsome!!

3 out of 5 stars Tarnished Gold.......2006-12-31

Yes, it's impossible to look at this groundbreaking but dated (a jailhouse "I need a fix!" sequence is straight out of the Reefer Madness school of acting) at drug addiction with the same eyes as audiences of 50 years ago.

Even so, production values were amazingly sanitized, even by standards of the day. If ever a film cried out for a gritty film noir look, this was it. Instead, many of the scenes are over-lit, like a Fifties TV production; meanwhile, the studio-bound street sets are as phony-looking as the intentionally stylized exteriors in Guys and Dolls--a musical! (When a genuine exterior shot of a skyscraper is briefly seen, it's almost jarring.) And as the supposedly frumpy wheelchair-ridden wife, Eleanor Parker has to be one of the best-groomed invalids in screen history.

5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Movie.......2006-11-13

They just don't make em like this anymore. Sinatra is superb in his portayal, the music is great and the whole movie works surprisingly well after so many years.
Frank Sinatra: The Man With the Golden Arm
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Man With the Golden Arm
  • Somewhat dreary and tedious
  • A Golden Performance!
  • Tarnished Gold
  • An Amazing Movie
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Starring: Frank Sinatra , Eleanor Parker , Kim Novak , Arnold Stang , and Darren McGavin
Director: Otto Preminger
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ASIN: B00006I03T
Release Date: 2002-07-30

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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey to kick the habit) frighteningly naked. He's touchingly matched with Kim Novak, in one of her best performances; adding a bit of method-acting madness is Eleanor Parker as Frankie's hysterical wife. Sinatra was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Ernest Borgnine--the same guy who beat him senseless in From Here to Eternity. The propulsive jazz score is by Elmer Bernstein. Even the credits sequence staked out new territory: the mod images created by Saul Bass were among his first in a long-standing collaboration with Preminger, and were highly influential on other designers. --Robert Horton

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Frankie returns from rehab flush with hope and ambition for a new career. He's determined to become a drummer, but his wife, his old boss, and his former pusher have other plans. Sinatra earned an Oscar® nomination for this moving portrayal of a man whose inability to escape his past nearly destroys his future. Kim Novak as the sweetheart who helps Frankie survive to pursue his dreams.

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Running Time: 119 min.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Man With the Golden Arm.......2007-06-26

Golden-throated crooner-turned-actor Sinatra shifted into bleak, non-singing territory in Otto Preminger's visceral "The Man With the Golden Arm," a groundbreaking portrayal of drug addiction based on the novel by Nelson Algren. Though Preminger's treatment of the drug theme now feels inevitably dated, Sinatra turns in an astounding performance as jittery hard-luck case Frankie Machine, earning him his only Oscar nod for Best Actor. Elmer Bernstein's crime-jazz score adds a perfectly seedy tone. McGavin also has a field day playing Frankie's pusher.

2 out of 5 stars Somewhat dreary and tedious.......2007-01-21

The beatnick style of the film and the soundtrack are OK but it's still an old movie so it moves slow and can be a bit tedious. It is a great work but still on the dull side.

5 out of 5 stars A Golden Performance!.......2007-01-09

Sinatra is at his best in Otto Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm." Sinatra makes you believe he is the junkie he portrays in the 1956 classic. It has been written up by movie critics ovet the decades and I have to agree with the ones that I have read; this movie is still awsome!!

3 out of 5 stars Tarnished Gold.......2006-12-31

Yes, it's impossible to look at this groundbreaking but dated (a jailhouse "I need a fix!" sequence is straight out of the Reefer Madness school of acting) at drug addiction with the same eyes as audiences of 50 years ago.

Even so, production values were amazingly sanitized, even by standards of the day. If ever a film cried out for a gritty film noir look, this was it. Instead, many of the scenes are over-lit, like a Fifties TV production; meanwhile, the studio-bound street sets are as phony-looking as the intentionally stylized exteriors in Guys and Dolls--a musical! (When a genuine exterior shot of a skyscraper is briefly seen, it's almost jarring.) And as the supposedly frumpy wheelchair-ridden wife, Eleanor Parker has to be one of the best-groomed invalids in screen history.

5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Movie.......2006-11-13

They just don't make em like this anymore. Sinatra is superb in his portayal, the music is great and the whole movie works surprisingly well after so many years.
The Man with the Golden Arm
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The Man With the Golden Arm
  • Somewhat dreary and tedious
  • A Golden Performance!
  • Tarnished Gold
  • An Amazing Movie
 The Man with the Golden Arm
Starring: Frank Sinatra , Eleanor Parker , Kim Novak , Arnold Stang , and Darren McGavin
Director: Otto Preminger
Manufacturer: Passion Productions
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Release Date: 2004-06-29

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Frank Sinatra classic..skilled card player and former heroin addict returns from jail finding it hard to find a new livelyhood.

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When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey to kick the habit) frighteningly naked. He's touchingly matched with Kim Novak, in one of her best performances; adding a bit of method-acting madness is Eleanor Parker as Frankie's hysterical wife. Sinatra was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Ernest Borgnine--the same guy who beat him senseless in From Here to Eternity. The propulsive jazz score is by Elmer Bernstein. Even the credits sequence staked out new territory: the mod images created by Saul Bass were among his first in a long-standing collaboration with Preminger, and were highly influential on other designers. --Robert Horton

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Man With the Golden Arm.......2007-06-26

Golden-throated crooner-turned-actor Sinatra shifted into bleak, non-singing territory in Otto Preminger's visceral "The Man With the Golden Arm," a groundbreaking portrayal of drug addiction based on the novel by Nelson Algren. Though Preminger's treatment of the drug theme now feels inevitably dated, Sinatra turns in an astounding performance as jittery hard-luck case Frankie Machine, earning him his only Oscar nod for Best Actor. Elmer Bernstein's crime-jazz score adds a perfectly seedy tone. McGavin also has a field day playing Frankie's pusher.

2 out of 5 stars Somewhat dreary and tedious.......2007-01-21

The beatnick style of the film and the soundtrack are OK but it's still an old movie so it moves slow and can be a bit tedious. It is a great work but still on the dull side.

5 out of 5 stars A Golden Performance!.......2007-01-09

Sinatra is at his best in Otto Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm." Sinatra makes you believe he is the junkie he portrays in the 1956 classic. It has been written up by movie critics ovet the decades and I have to agree with the ones that I have read; this movie is still awsome!!

3 out of 5 stars Tarnished Gold.......2006-12-31

Yes, it's impossible to look at this groundbreaking but dated (a jailhouse "I need a fix!" sequence is straight out of the Reefer Madness school of acting) at drug addiction with the same eyes as audiences of 50 years ago.

Even so, production values were amazingly sanitized, even by standards of the day. If ever a film cried out for a gritty film noir look, this was it. Instead, many of the scenes are over-lit, like a Fifties TV production; meanwhile, the studio-bound street sets are as phony-looking as the intentionally stylized exteriors in Guys and Dolls--a musical! (When a genuine exterior shot of a skyscraper is briefly seen, it's almost jarring.) And as the supposedly frumpy wheelchair-ridden wife, Eleanor Parker has to be one of the best-groomed invalids in screen history.

5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Movie.......2006-11-13

They just don't make em like this anymore. Sinatra is superb in his portayal, the music is great and the whole movie works surprisingly well after so many years.
PopFlix - Drama (The Man with the Golden Arm / Meet John Doe / A Farewell to Arms [1932] / Suddenly)
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    		PopFlix - Drama (The Man with the Golden Arm / Meet John Doe / A Farewell to Arms [1932] / Suddenly)
    Starring: Cooper , and Sinatra
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    Release Date: 2006-08-08

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    Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 119 min B&W
    Starring: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker; Director: Otto Preminger
    Fresh out of rehab for heroin addiction, a professional card dealer struggles to become a jazz drummer while old friends and his wife conspire to bring him back to his former habits.

    Suddenly (1954) 90 min B&W Starring: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason; Director: Lewis Allen A psychopathic killer and his cohorts are hired to assassinate the President of the United States as he passes through the normally tranquil small town of Suddenly. Sinatra is absolutely spellbinding as the cold-blooded assassin!

    A Farewell to Arms (1932) 78 min B&W
    Starring: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes; Director: Frank Borzac
    A daring American ambulance driver falls in love with a British nurse on the Italian frontlines in Italy. The chaos of the battlefield tests their love in what would become one of the most moving endings in cinematic history.

    Meet John Doe (1941) 123 min B&W
    Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, James Gleason; Director: Frank Capra
    In this ode to the common man, a down-and-out former baseball player is caught up in a publicity stunt involving a newspaperwoman and several other unsavory types. He is in for a surprise when he learns the true meaning behind the exploit!
    Man with the Golden Arm/Suddenly
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      		Man with the Golden Arm/Suddenly
      Starring: Frank Sinatra
      Manufacturer: Pop Flix
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      Release Date: 2006-06-13

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      SINATRA'S FILM CAREER FOUND A NEW EDGE WITH THESE TWO SERIOUS ROLES! Total Running Time: 3 hrs 29 min

      Man with the Golden Arm (1955) 119 min B&W
      Starring: Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak, Eleanor Parker; Director: Otto Preminger

      Fresh out of rehab for heroin addiction, a professional card dealer struggles to become a jazz drummer while his drug pusher and conniving wife both conspire to bring him back to his old habits. Frank Sinatra's riveting, hard-edged performance gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The film also garnered nominations for Best Art Direction and for Elmer Bernstein's magnificently jazzy score.

      Suddenly (1954) 90 min B&W
      Starring: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason; Director: Lewis Allen

      A psychopathic killer and his two cohorts are hired to assassinate the President of the United States as he passes through the normally tranquil small town of Suddenly. Can the local sheriff (Sterling Hayden) save the day? Frank Sinatra is absolutely spellbinding as the snarling, cold-blooded assassin.
      Man With The Golden Arm
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        		Man With The Golden Arm
        Starring: Frank Sinatra; Eleanor Parker; Kim Novak; Darren McGavin; Arnold Stang; Robert Strauss; John Conte
        Director: Otto Preminger
        Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises
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        Release Date: 2006-11-13

        Description

        A powerful story of a drug addict who's trying to leave his poker-dealing past behind after he returns home from prison. He dreams of becoming a jazz drummer, but his wheelchair-bound wife forces him to continue his lucrative gambling. He doesn't know that she is faking her injury in order to control him. She kills McGavin when he discovers her secret, resulting in Sinatra being hunted by the police. A harrowing scene in the film takes place when Sinatra goes "cold turkey" to rid himself of drugs with the help of Kim Novak. From the novel by Nelson Algren. Academy Award nominations for art direction, set direction and music.
        The Man with the Golden Arm
        Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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        • Somewhat dreary and tedious
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        • Tarnished Gold
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        		 The Man with the Golden Arm
        Starring: Frank Sinatra , Eleanor Parker , Kim Novak , Arnold Stang , and Darren McGavin
        Director: Otto Preminger
        Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO
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        ASIN: B00004WLVS
        Release Date: 2000-05-16

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        When Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) comes back to the old neighborhood after a spell in the big house, he wants to stay straight and become a drummer. But his old life--as a poker dealer and heroin addict--comes rushing back to meet him. The subject matter of Nelson Algren's novel was still shocking in 1955, and The Man with the Golden Arm was released without the seal of approval from Hollywood's Production Code. The director, Otto Preminger, used the controversy to whip up interest in the film, and his championing of non-Code pictures such as The Moon Is Blue and The Man with the Golden Arm helped end the influence of the restrictive policy. For Frank Sinatra, the role was a high point; his performance is searching, honest, and (in long scenes of going cold turkey to kick the habit) frighteningly naked. He's touchingly matched with Kim Novak, in one of her best performances; adding a bit of method-acting madness is Eleanor Parker as Frankie's hysterical wife. Sinatra was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar, but lost to Ernest Borgnine--the same guy who beat him senseless in From Here to Eternity. The propulsive jazz score is by Elmer Bernstein. Even the credits sequence staked out new territory: the mod images created by Saul Bass were among his first in a long-standing collaboration with Preminger, and were highly influential on other designers. --Robert Horton

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        Frank Sinatra stars with Kim Novak and Eleanor Parker in this riveting drama about a poker dealer/jazz musician who descends to skid row after becoming addicted to heroin. Will he make it back into the spotlight—or even survive? Based upon the classic American novel by Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm was far ahead of its time with its depiction of what drugs can do to even an ambitious person. Its cautionary tale still holds up today as heroin has come back to haunt not only the inner city but middle America as well. It contains what Frank Sinatra himself considered his best performance, a role which gained him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor of 1955. Directed by the notorious Otto Preminger, this hard-edged, expressionistic view of the normally-depicted-as-glorious 1950s will come as a fascinating surprise to those who have yet to discover this classic melodrama. Co-starring a young Darren McGavin in his debut film performance, it also contains one of movie score legend Elmer Bernstein's best compositions which earned one of the film's two other Oscar nominations, along with one for art direction. Includes Original Theatrical Trailer: Approx. 2 min. Film: Approx. 119 min.

        Bonus Material: At The Movies With Frank Sinatra Enjoy exclusive and revealing interviews with Hollywood legends Henry Silva (Manchurian Candidate), Beverly Garland (The Joker Is Wild), Ernest Borgnine (From Here To Eternity), and Joey Bishop (Ocean's 11). Along with these rare and insightful interviews from the stars are the original coming attraction trailers from these classic moments of cinema magic. Special bonus material includes a revealing backstage look at the making of The Man With The Golden Arm. Sinatra himself is seen in a rare and candid interview. Composer Elmer Bernstein talks about scoring the film, and discusses Sinatra's artistic contributions. Star Tommy Sands relates classic moments of what it was like working with Sinatra, and historian Rick Ross talks about the impact of Frank's performance in this classic contribution to the annals of Hollywood Cinema. (Approx. 30 min.)

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        5 out of 5 stars The Man With the Golden Arm.......2007-06-26

        Golden-throated crooner-turned-actor Sinatra shifted into bleak, non-singing territory in Otto Preminger's visceral "The Man With the Golden Arm," a groundbreaking portrayal of drug addiction based on the novel by Nelson Algren. Though Preminger's treatment of the drug theme now feels inevitably dated, Sinatra turns in an astounding performance as jittery hard-luck case Frankie Machine, earning him his only Oscar nod for Best Actor. Elmer Bernstein's crime-jazz score adds a perfectly seedy tone. McGavin also has a field day playing Frankie's pusher.

        2 out of 5 stars Somewhat dreary and tedious.......2007-01-21

        The beatnick style of the film and the soundtrack are OK but it's still an old movie so it moves slow and can be a bit tedious. It is a great work but still on the dull side.

        5 out of 5 stars A Golden Performance!.......2007-01-09

        Sinatra is at his best in Otto Preminger's "The Man With the Golden Arm." Sinatra makes you believe he is the junkie he portrays in the 1956 classic. It has been written up by movie critics ovet the decades and I have to agree with the ones that I have read; this movie is still awsome!!

        3 out of 5 stars Tarnished Gold.......2006-12-31

        Yes, it's impossible to look at this groundbreaking but dated (a jailhouse "I need a fix!" sequence is straight out of the Reefer Madness school of acting) at drug addiction with the same eyes as audiences of 50 years ago.

        Even so, production values were amazingly sanitized, even by standards of the day. If ever a film cried out for a gritty film noir look, this was it. Instead, many of the scenes are over-lit, like a Fifties TV production; meanwhile, the studio-bound street sets are as phony-looking as the intentionally stylized exteriors in Guys and Dolls--a musical! (When a genuine exterior shot of a skyscraper is briefly seen, it's almost jarring.) And as the supposedly frumpy wheelchair-ridden wife, Eleanor Parker has to be one of the best-groomed invalids in screen history.

        5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Movie.......2006-11-13

        They just don't make em like this anymore. Sinatra is superb in his portayal, the music is great and the whole movie works surprisingly well after so many years.
        Man With the Golden Arm
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          		Man With the Golden Arm

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          ASIN: B00079YX6Q
          Release Date: 2003-09-09

          Product Description

          A poker dealer spends six months in a rehabilation center for drug additicion. He returns home to his crippled wife in Chicago to rebuild his life as a Jazz musician.
          The Man with the Golden Arm / Suddenly
          Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
          • two good sinatra films, good price, poor quality dvd.
          		 The Man with the Golden Arm / Suddenly
          Starring: Frank Sinatra , Sterling Hayden , James Gleason , Nancy Gates , and Kim Charney
          Director: Lewis Allen , and Otto Preminger
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          ASIN: B000054OTA
          Release Date: 1999-06-29

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          3 out of 5 stars two good sinatra films, good price, poor quality dvd........2001-03-03

          suddenly is a pretty good movie and woth a look to see Sinatra playing a sleazy villian. The man with the golden arm features one of sinatra's best performances (playing a junkie), and features a good performance by kim novak. The bad news is that the picture and sound quality are pretty poor. If you want to see these movies, I guess it's worth a purchase. Hopefully better editions of these movies will be released in the future.
          Double Feature - Suddenly/The Man with the Golden Arm
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            		Double Feature - Suddenly/The Man with the Golden Arm

            Manufacturer: Disc Plaza
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            ASIN: B0009TPBRY

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            Double features of Frank Sinatra

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