Der langsame Verfall eines drogensüchtigen Jazzmusikers.
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The man with the golden arm L'homme au bras d'or
Man with the golden arm
The story of an addicted poker dealer struggling to kick "the monkey on his back" and come to terms with his crippled wife.
Suddenly: A band of paid killers takes over a house in a small town, with a mission to assassinate the arriving President of the United States.
A convict suffering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician. Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker and Kim Novak star in this version of the Nelson Algren novel.
A man suffering from heroin addiction returns to Chicago after a jail sentence to give up his former lifestyle and become a musician, but his former "business associates" have other ideas.
A poker dealer finally kicks the drug habit with the help of a woman.
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The Man with the golden arm = L'Homme au bras d'or
The man with the golden arm Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm
The first film to show the stark reality of going "cold turkey." Frank Sinatra is outstanding in the role as Frankie Machine, a Chicago poker dealer, who finally kicks the drug habit with the help of Kim Novak.
The man with the golden arm Suddenly
Frank Machine (Frank Sinatra), an expert card dealer and heroin addict, is finally released from prison and hopes to get his life in order and kick his drug habit. Frank's wife, who was in a car accident years before caused by him, fakes paralysis in order to keep him under her control. She wishes him to continue his gambling habits to support her; all the while he is struggling to kick his drug addiction and is also afraid that he's lost his gambling touch.
Motion pictures
Fiction films
Suddenly
Drummer Frankie Machine is out of detox and eager to get on with a big band career. He's sure he's kicked the habit. But the habit kicks back.
Film adaptations
Suddenly : "Sinatra ... portrays John Baron, an assassin hired to kill the President. Baron plans his dreadful appointment with terrifying precision -- arriving at a small Midwestern town through which the President is scheduled to pass. Deciding on ambush, Baron holes up in a widow's home, and the only hope of stopping his dreadful plan lies with the sheriff -- a man with secrets of his own."--Container.
In this Hollywood landmark, Frank Sinatra gives a searing, Oscar-nominated performance as an aspiring drummer struggling to break free of his drug habit.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
An ex-convict recovering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician.
Drama
Features
Powerful story of a drug addict who is trying to leave his poker-dealing past behind after he returns home from prison. He dreams of becoming a jazz drummer, but his wheelchair-bound wife forces him to continue his lucrative gambling. He does not know that she is faking her injury in order to control him. She kills McGavin when he discovers her secret, resulting in Sinatra being hunted by the police. A harrowing scene in the film takes place when Sinatra goes "cold turkey" to rid himself of drugs with the help of Kim Novak. From the novel by Nelson Algren. Academy Award nominations for art direction, set direction and music.
The man with the golden arm : "Frankie Machine is a card dealing former drug addict trying to stay clean, much to the smug chagrin of his former dealer -- the seedy Louie. The pressure mounts on Frankie as the crushing weight of addiction and the struggle of sobriety grows daily -- can he beat his problems and win the battle? Or is he destined for a short, ruined life?"--Container.
Otto Preminger's The Man with the golden arm
Frankie Machine is a reformed addict who, after six months in an institution to physically and mentally rehabilitate, comes home and finds all of his previous relationships intact. This seemingly strong social committment to Frankie by the old cronies, and much much more.
Suddenly: Gunmen take over a suburban house in a small midwestern town called Suddenly with a plan to assassinate the President of the United States. The man with the golden arm: Frankie Machine, card dealer and former heroin addict, gets out of jail and tries to build a new life.
Chicago poker dealer with an addiction to heroin.
Man with the golden arm: An ex-convict recovering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician. Suddenly: A band of paid killers takes over a house in a small town, with a mission to assassinate the arriving President of the United States.
Frank Sinatra Suddenly ; The man with the golden arm
A powerful, realistically acted film shows in a gripping and frightening way the mental and physical torments of drug addiction. Frank Sinatra is fascinating as the heroin addict. His "cold-turkey" scene gives this film the strong ability to frighten off any potential users.
A musician struggles to keep himself from taking up his old drug habit after he goes through detox.
"Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction." -- From container.
Social problem films
Drummer released from jail where he had been treated for heroin addiction finds that returning to his old life and associates renews the pressures that led him to drugs in the first place.
"In the late 1940s, Frankie Majcinek, who is known as Frankie Machine, returns to Chicago's South Side, which is mostly inhabited by Polish Americans, after serving a six-month sentence at a federal narcotics hospital. The denizens of Antek's Tug 'n' Maul Tavern, Frankie's favorite bar, are pleased to see Frankie, especially his best friend, 'lost dog finder' Sparrow. Although Frankie's former drug supplier, Nifty Louie Fomorowski, offers Frankie a free 'fix, ' Frankie refuses and vows to Sparrow that he has kicked narcotics for good and intends to become a drummer for a big-name band. Frankie proudly shows off the drums he was given at the hospital, and after sending Sparrow to find him some new clothes, goes to the roominghouse where he lives with his wheelchair-bound wife Zosh. The neurotic Zosh, determined to keep Frankie with her by whatever means necessary, has manipulated him for three years by playing on his guilt over causing the accident that injured her while he was driving drunk. Zosh is dubious about his plans to become a musician and urges him to return to dealing poker for Zero Schwiefka. Frankie's consistent method of dealing has earned him a city-wide reputation as 'the man with the golden arm, ' but Frankie is determined to improve his life so that he is not tempted to return to drugs. Frankie calls Harry Lane, a musical agent referred to him by his doctor at the narcotics hospital, and makes an appointment to see him. After Sparrow returns with a 'borrowed' suit for Frankie to wear, they stop at Antek's for a drink and there run into Schwiefka. Frankie announces his intention to quit dealing, and the angry Schwiefka notifies 'Cousin' Kvorka, a local beat policeman, that Frankie and Sparrow shoplifted a suit. Kvorka takes the pair to police captain 'Record Head' Bednar, who wearily ignores Frankie's protests that he has a job interview and insists that he be locked up. Schwiefka then offers to bail out Frankie and Sparrow if Frankie returns to deal for him, and Frankie is forced to accept. Disturbed by a jailed junkie's tormented plea for a fix, Frankie returns home, where Zosh is pleased that he is going back to dealing cards. That night, Louie's taunts about Frankie's shaking hand unnerve the dealer and he leaves to visit the Safari Club, a nearby strip bar where Frankie's former sweetheart, Molly Novotny, works as a B-girl. Although Molly and Frankie are still in love, Frankie's guilt over causing Zosh's paralysis have kept them apart. Frankie tries to tell Molly that she should leave her current boyfriend, the chiseling, alcoholic Drunkie John, but Molly states that she needs someone to stave off her deep-seated loneliness. Soon after, Frankie has an interview with Lane, who promises to call him with an audition for a band, but warns him that if he backslides even once, Lane will no longer sponsor him. Despite Frankie's happiness, Zosh nags at him that he is being unrealistic in striving for a better life. A week passes without word from Lane, and Frankie sinks into depression, until one afternoon, Frankie runs into Louie and, succumbing to temptation, accompanies Louie to his apartment for a fix. Louie gleefully tells Frankie that 'the monkey never dies' as he injects him with the drug, and Frankie is hooked again. Later, after yet another quarrel with Zosh, Frankie storms down to Antek's. There he meets Molly, who encourages him to call Lane, telling him that Lane probably lost his phone number. Molly proves to be correct, and Lane arranges for Frankie to audition for Shorty Rogers' band on the coming Monday. Frankie then pleads with Molly to let him practice playing his drums in her room, as the spiteful Zosh has forbidden him to do so in their room. Although she is reluctant to encourage Frankie's hopes of building a future for the two of them, Molly agrees, and when she comes home early the next morning, he happily greets her. After bragging that he has quit Schwiefka and joined the musicians' union, Frankie promises Molly that he is going to kick drugs again, and that after he has made some money and can send Zosh to a clinic, they will be together. Meanwhile, Schwiefka and Louie search for Frankie, as they have used Frankie's reputation to lure two big-time gamblers, Markette and Williams, to play in Schwiefka's poker game. After Zosh urges Frankie to deal the big game and tears up his musicians' union card, Frankie seeks refuge at Antek's, where Louie offers him some of the profits if he will deal for Markette and Williams. Desperately needing the money, Frankie agrees, and again gives in when Louie tempts him with another fix. Frankie then goes to the Safari Club, where a disappointed Molly berates him for getting high. When Frankie gets in a fight with John, Molly hurriedly leaves the neighborhood without telling Frankie where she is going. Later, Frankie deals the game for Markette and Williams, and his skill easily enables the house to win. After dealing all night, an exhausted Frankie insists on leaving, but when he arrives home, he is suddenly overwhelmed by the need for a fix and rushes back to Schwiefka's. Louie refuses to give Frankie any drugs unless he resumes dealing, because Markette and Williams have begun to win. As the hours pass, the game continues, and soon it is early Monday morning. Louie promises Frankie that if he cheats and wins, he will give him a fix, but Frankie, weary from his long hours of dealing, becomes careless, and Williams spots his card-palming and beats him. After Louie then refuses to give Frankie any drugs, Frankie knocks him out and searches his apartment, to no avail. Frankie then goes to his audition but cannot play competently due to his withdrawal symptoms. Meanwhile, Louie regains consciousness and goes to the roominghouse to exact his revenge upon Frankie. Instead, Louie accidentally enters the room as Zosh is walking and deduces that she has been pretending to be paralyzed. When Louie threatens to reveal her secret, the hysterical Zosh pushes him down the stairwell to his death. Frankie, not knowing of Louie's death but fearing that he is after him, runs away and finds Molly, whom he begs for help. While Bednar is questioning Zosh, Molly learns from John that Frankie is Bednar's main suspect. Molly then agrees to help Frankie quit drugs cold turkey, so that he can go to the police sober and withstand questioning to prove his innocence. After an agonizing few days, during which Frankie suffers great torment, he is free of his craving. John sees Frankie in Molly's apartment, however, and alerts Bednar. Frankie leaves before Bednar arrives, and Molly takes the police captain to Zosh's, where Frankie is telling her that he is going away with Molly. Just as a terrified Zosh gets up from her wheelchair to chase after Frankie, Bednar and Molly arrive, and they all realize that Zosh must have killed Louie. Before Bednar can arrest her, Zosh runs out to the fire escape and falls to street below. Frankie rushes to the street, where Zosh lays dying, and holds her as she tells him she loves him. After Zosh dies, Frankie and Molly slowly walk off together, leaving their old life behind"--AFI catalog, 1951-1960.
French language materials
The man with the golden arm (L'homme au bras d'or)
DVD-Video discs
Sinatra portrays, Frankie Machine, a drummer and skilled card dealer who is addicted to heroin. After returning home from jail, he struggles to avoid slipping back into addiction and to care for his crippled wife.
The man with the golden arm ; Suddenly
Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Card Shark Frankie (Frank Sinatra) battles to curb his heroin addiction while battling the needs of his bedridden wife and his true love, Molly (Kim Novak). Can he get the monkey off his back or will his lifestyle drive him to oblivion?
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Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction while enduring the agony of withdrawal.
The man with the golden arm
A man suffering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums after a jail sentence. He is determined to give up his former lifestyle and become a musician but his former "business associates" have other ideas.
Extrait du résumé figurant sur la jaquette :Frankie Machine revient dans son quartier après un séjour dans un centre de désintoxication dans lequel il s'est découvert un don pour les percussions.Enthousiasmé il va tenter de contacter un impresario pour devenir batteur, ce que sa femme Zosh, dans un fauteuil roulant depuis un accident de voiture, ne souhaite pas afin que Frankie reste auprès d'elle. D'anciennes mauvaises fréquentations le font rapidement replonger dans la drogue. Avec l'aide de Molly,Frankie essaie de s'en sortir...
A man suffering from heroin addiction returns to Chicago slums after a jail sentence. He is determined to give up his former lifestyle and become a musician, but his former "business associates" have other ideas.
A Chicago poker dealer finally kicks the drug habit [c.f. Halliwell's].
Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.
An ex-convict Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood--becoming a musician--and to avoid slipping back into addiction.
A powerful, realistically acted film shows in a gripping and frightening way the mental and physical torments of drug addiction.
The Man with the golden arm
Musical films
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Bien décidé à ne plus se droguer, Frankie Machine voudrait devenir musicien de jazz. Mais Zosch, son épouse, préfère qu'il gagne sa vie comme croupier dans le tripot de Schwiefka. Bientôt, les dettes s'accumulent et Frankie, qui se drogue de nouveau, est accusé du meurtre d'un dealer. (Source : jaquette).
Bigamist, The
Frank Sinatra plays a superb role in this 1955 drama about a crooked card dealing junkie who just can't risist one more rigged marathon poker game. After 6 months of rehab, Frankie Machine is trying to stay clean by trying his luck as a jazz drummer.
Fiction
A man suffering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums after a jail sentence. He is determined to give up his former lifestyle and become a musician, but his former "business associates" have other ideas.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
A junkie deals with a daily unsettling drug habit while everything around him, including a crippled wife and card sharks, continue to pull him down deeper.
A convict suffering from heroin addiction returns to the Chicago slums and struggles to become a musician.
SUMMARY: "Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction." IMDB
Gangster films
A musician (Sinatra) struggles to keep clean of his drug habit.