Some Came Running (film)
1958
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film and British Film 1957 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Foreign Actor 1957 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor 1956 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1956 · Nominated
Academy Award Art Direction (Black-and-White) 1956 · Nominated
The Man with the Golden Arm Jump to Academy Awards, USA (3) BAFTA Awards (2) Satellite Awards (1) Laurel Awards (1) National Film Preservation Board, USA (1) New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2) 2 wins & 8 nominations
It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Sinatra for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Joseph C. Wright and Darrell Silvera for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White and Elmer Bernstein for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.
The Man with the Golden Arm: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang. A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Otto Preminger
- 1956-01-16
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- Academy Award nominations
The Man with the Golden Arm, American film drama, released in 1955, that broke new ground with its realistic look at the life of a heroin addict.
The film was based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren and starred Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine, a struggling addict who gets clean while in prison. After his release, he hopes to become a drummer but is instead pressured to return to his career as a card dealer.
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•Studio: United Artists
•Director and producer: Otto Preminger
•Writers: Walter Newman and Lewis Meltzer
•Music: Elmer Bernstein
•Frank Sinatra (Frankie Machine)
•Eleanor Parker (Zosch Machine)
•Kim Novak (Molly)
•Arnold Stang (Sparrow)
- Lee Pfeiffer
The Man with the Golden Arm, novel by Nelson Algren, published in 1949. It won a National Book Award in 1950. Set on Chicago’s West Side, the novel evokes the gritty street life of petty criminals and hustlers. Hero Frankie Machine is a shrewd poker dealer whose “golden arm” shakes as he relies on.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Man With the Golden Arm. 1955. Otto Preminger. Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang ... 7.3. 4,796. Drama Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.
The Man With the Golden Arm (1955) In director Otto Preminger's code-defying, daring, ground-breaking, powerful drama about heroin addiction, with bleak film noirish elements and a memorable jazz score from Elmer Bernstein, based upon Nelson Algren's 1949 best-selling novel - it was the first major Hollywood film about the very taboo subject:
