The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film with elements of film noir, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren, which tells the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world.

Although the addictive drug is never identified in the film, according to the American Film Institute "most contemporary and modern sources assume that it is heroin", in contrast to Algren's book which named the drug as morphine.

The film stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin.

Date : 1955
Cast : Cast
Frank Sinatra as Frankie "Dealer" Machine
Eleanor Parker as Sophia "Zosh" Machine
Kim Novak as Molly Novotny
Arnold Stang as Sparrow
Darren McGavin as "Nifty Louie" Fomorowski
Robert Strauss as Zero Schwiefka
John Conte as Drunkie John
Doro Merande as Vi
George E.

Stone as Sam Markette
George Mathews as Williams
Leonid Kinskey as Dominowski
Emile Meyer as Captain Bednar
Shorty Rogers as himself (bandleader at audition)
Ralph PeÁEEE±a as himself (bassist at audition)
Shelly Manne as himself (drummer at audition)