The Man with the Golden Arm

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The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger, renowned for its groundbreaking portrayal of drug addiction and featuring Frank Sinatra in one of his most acclaimed dramatic roles.

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instanceOf American drama film
film
authorOfSourceWork Nelson Algren
basedOn The Man with the Golden Arm self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Man with the Golden Arm (novel)
blackAndWhite true
castMember Arnold Stang
Darren McGavin
Doro Merande
Eleanor Parker
Frank Sinatra
George E. Stone
John Conte
Kim Novak
Leonid Kinskey
Robert Strauss
cinematographer Sam Leavitt
composer Elmer Bernstein
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Otto Preminger
distributor United Artists
editor Louis Loeffler
surface form: Louis R. Loeffler
followedBy Bonjour Tristesse (film)
follows The Moon Is Blue (film)
genre crime drama film
drama film
hasFilmPosterStyle modernist graphic design
hasMusicGenreElement jazz score
mainCharacter Frankie Machine
mpaaRating Not rated (pre-ratings era)
narrativeLocation City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Original Score
notableFor early realistic depiction of drug addiction in Hollywood cinema
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy Frank Sinatra
posterDesigner Saul Bass
producer Otto Preminger
productionCompany Otto Preminger
surface form: Otto Preminger Films
publicationDate 1955
releaseCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
releaseDate 1955-12-14
runtime 119 minutes
screenwriter Lewis Meltzer
Walter Newman
setInPeriod post-World War II era
subject gambling
heroin addiction
marital conflict

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Frank Sinatra notableWork The Man with the Golden Arm
The Man with the Golden Arm basedOn The Man with the Golden Arm self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Man with the Golden Arm (novel)
Elmer Bernstein notableWork The Man with the Golden Arm
Otto Preminger notableWork The Man with the Golden Arm
Otto Preminger directed The Man with the Golden Arm
Eleanor Parker notableWork The Man with the Golden Arm
Saul Bass designedTitleSequenceFor The Man with the Golden Arm
Saul Bass designedPosterFor The Man with the Golden Arm
Kim Novak notableWork The Man with the Golden Arm