One of America's most significant and controversial post-war films this triple-Oscar-nominated feature boasts a searing performance by Frank Sinatra as a war veteran caught between two worlds as he tries to kick his drug habit and establish a new life; Eleanor Parker is his embittered manipulative wife and Kim Novak the young woman who stands by him. With its groundbreaking subject and an authenticity rarely matched in the many films it inspired The Man with the Golden Arm combines masterly direction by Otto Preminger and a jazz score by the legendary Elmer... Bernstein. It is featured here in a stunning new digital restoration in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Having just served a prison term for possession of heroin poker dealer Frankie Machine vows to stay clean and find success as a jazz drummer. His wife left disabled by a car crash is equally determined he should remain in the lucrative gambling business. Pressurised by his wife after being asked to deal in a high-stakes game Frankie's fear of failure leads him straight back to the nearest fix... [show more]
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Frank Sinatra stars in Otto Preminger's groundbreaking film which deals with the issue of heroin addiction - a subject matter considered to be shocking in 1955 and one that did not follow the strict Hollywood production code of the time. The film was also the first to use a jazz soundtrack, by the then almost unknown Elmer Bernstein. Sinatra plays a poker dealer with a drugs problem, who is trying to kick the habit and start a new life as a jazz drummer. He wants to earn enough money to find a cure for his wheelchair bound wife, Zosh (Eleanor Parker), but is tempted away from his marital duties by his enigmatic neighbour (Kim Novak).
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