The Man with the Golden Arm
1955
**½
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, George E. Stone, Leonid Kinskey, Emile Meyer, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne
Frankie Machine, a recovering drug addict, plans to go straight after being released from rehab. But he faces constant temptation and pressure from his old employer, his former dealer, and his wheelchair-bound wife. Like The Lost Weekend, this once-groundbreaking drama about addiction now feels dated and overdramatic by today's standards. Frank Sinatra gives it his all in the lead. Based on Nelson Algren's 1949 novel.
