Directed by:
Otto PremingerCinematography:
Sam LeavittComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, George E. Stone, Gordon Mitchell, Leonard Bremen (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Frank Sinatra, as "Frankie", has just gotten out of a drug treatment program and returns to his squalid Chicago haunts. Unable to land a job as a musician he resumes as dealer in a smalltime floating poker game. Being back in the world that first led him to addiction eventually claims him again. Eleanor Parker is a pathetic figure as his wife, pretending to be crippled for the sole purpose of making Sinatra stay by her side. Kim Novak is the sexy downstairs neighbor who helps him kick the habit for a second time. This stark and powerful drama gave Frank Sinatra one of his signature roles as the junkie whose aspirations are constantly submerged in an agonizing addiction. Preminger's choice of another "taboo" subject (drug addiction) demonstrates his courage in taking on the Hollywood establishment of the 1950's. The film, set to a memorable jazz score by Elmer Bernstein, is a tough, gritty story about a world peopled by losers and loners. (Ignite Films)
(more)Soundtracks
L'Homme au Bras D'or
Musique Originale du Film
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1957
Country: France
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Audition, Desperation, Breakup | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | SIDE B: Clark Street: The Top / Homecoming / Antek's | Elmer Bernstein |
The Man with the Golden Arm / Audition
Label: Decca
Year: 1956
Country: Japan
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Main Title From "The Man With The Golden Arm" | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | SIDE B: Audition | Elmer Bernstein |
Der Mann mit dem Goldenen Arm
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1956
Country: USA
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Audition | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | Desperation | Elmer Bernstein | |
3. | Breakup | Elmer Bernstein | |
4. | SIDE B: Clark Street: The Top / Homecoming / Antek's | Elmer Bernstein |
The Man with the Golden Arm: Part 3
Music from the Sound Track...
Label: Decca
Year: 1956
Country: USA
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: The Fix | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | Breakup: Flight / Louie's / Burlesque | Elmer Bernstein | |
3. | SIDE B: Molly | Elmer Bernstein |
The Man with the Golden Arm: Part 1
Music from the Sound Track...
Label: Decca
Year: 1956
Country: USA
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Clark Street: The Top / Homecoming / Antek's | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | Audition | Elmer Bernstein | |
3. | SIDE B: Sunday Morning | Elmer Bernstein | |
4. | Finale | Elmer Bernstein |
The Man with the Golden Arm: Part 2
Music from the Sound Track...
Label: Decca
Year: 1956
Country: USA
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Frankie Machine | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | Desperation | Elmer Bernstein | |
3. | SIDE B: The Cure: Withdraw / Cold / Morning | Elmer Bernstein |
The Man with the Golden Arm / Heart of Paris
Themes from
Label: Vik
Year: 1956
Country: USA
Format: LP
Length: 05:12
Notes: Performed by Richard Maltby and his orchestra.
1. | SIDE A: Themes From "The Man With The Golden Arm" | Elmer Bernstein | 02:22 |
2. | SIDE B: NOT IN FILM: "Heart Of Paris" - Miss Franky Crockett | 02:50 |
The Man with the Golden Arm
Jazz Sequences
Label: Festival Records
Year: 1956
Country: Australia
Format: LP
1. | SIDE A: Clark Street: The Top / Homecoming / Antek's | Elmer Bernstein | |
2. | Zosh | Elmer Bernstein | |
3. | Frankie Machine | Elmer Bernstein | |
4. | The Fix | Elmer Bernstein | |
5. | Molly | Elmer Bernstein | |
6. | SIDE B: Breakup: Flight / Louie's / Burlesque | Elmer Bernstein | |
7. | Sunday Morning | Elmer Bernstein | |
8. | Desperation | Elmer Bernstein | |
9. | Audition | Elmer Bernstein | |
10. | The Cure: Withdraw / Cold / Morning | Elmer Bernstein | |
11. | Finale | Elmer Bernstein |