Movie · 1955
The Man with the Golden Arm
“An 'untouchable' theme… an unusual motion picture!”
Released 26 December 1955 119 min Drama / Crime More from 1955 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Paul E. Burns
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
Doro Merande
as Vi
Will Wright
Charles Seel
George E. Stone
as Sam Markette
Leonid Kinskey
as Dominiwski
Herschel Graham
as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)
Emile Meyer
as Detective Bednar
George Mathews
as Williams
Robert Strauss
as Schwiefka
Frank Sinatra
as Frankie Machine
John Conte
as Drunky
Arnold Stang
as Sparrow
Shelly Manne
as Drummer
Eleanor Parker
as Zosh Machine
Darren McGavin
as Louie
Kim Novak
as Molly
Shorty Rogers
as Band Leader
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The numbers
52years between the oldest and youngest billed
74Paul E. Burns — oldest on the call sheet
22Kim Novak — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast