The Man with the Golden Arm
An 'untouchable' theme… an unusual motion picture!
Country
Production
Budget
$1 000 000
Revenue
$4 354 652
Director
Actors
Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, Doro Merande, George E. Stone, George Mathews
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Operator
Sam Leavitt
Composer
Artist
Joseph C. Wright
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, the Motion Picture Association of America refused to certify the film due to its depiction of drug use, but a year later the film industry's ethical code changed, and films about drugs, kidnappings, abortions, and prostitution could be released.
- The role of Frankie was initially offered to Marlon Brando (1924-2004), but Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) ended up taking it.
- Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) declined an offer to participate in writing the screenplay, as did an offer to contribute to the screenplay for the 1959 film "Anatomy of a Murder," also directed by Otto Preminger (1905-1986).
- Otto Preminger paid Columbia Pictures $100,000 for the opportunity to cast Kim Novak in the film, and she received only $1,000 per week from that amount.
- The role of Frankie was offered to Marlon Brando (1924-2004), but it was, so to speak, snatched up by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998).
- Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) declined the offer to help write the screenplay, just as he had declined the offer to work on the script for the 1959 film 'Anatomy of a Murder', also directed by Otto Preminger (1905-1986).
- Otto Preminger paid Columbia Pictures $100,000 for the opportunity to cast Kim Novak in the film, while she received only $1,000 a week from that sum.
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