The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
A strung-out junkie deals with a demoralizing drug addiction while his crippled wife and card sharks pull him down.
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Director:
Otto PremingerWriters:
Walter Newman (screenplay), Lewis Meltzer (screenplay), Nelson Algren (from the novel by)All Cast & Crew
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Ray Bradbury turned down offers to collaborate on the screenplay, along with the screenplay for Anatomy of a Murder (1959), which Bradbury claimed was $200,000 worth of work. Bradbury said of the refusal "I don't give a goddamn about drugs; it bores the hell out of me. I don't understand the people who take them. So why would I write a screenplay? I'd get a writer's block immediately."
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Frankie Machine:
You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain...
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Zasha's scrapbook is titled "My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidence" (instead of "accidents").
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Genres
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | RomanceDetails
Release Date:
16 January 1956Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)
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