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 (1)
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A professional card dealer returns to Chicago after rehab for heroin addiction. But his overpowering wife, his old street buddies, and the allure of a 'B-girl', coupled with his real dream to become a jazz drummer bring him back to the needle. His life starts to self-destruct again and he makes one last ditch effort to kick the habit. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Eleanor Parker
USA
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Caged (1950)
Detective Story (1951)
Kim Novak
USA
Best movies:
Vertigo (1958)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Arnold Stang
USA
Best movies:
Darren McGavin
USA
Best movies:
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
The Natural (1984)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Robert Strauss
USA
Best movies:
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
John Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
George E. Stone
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Front Page (1931)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Gordon Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Spartacus (1960)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
Leonard Bremen
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1974)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Will Wright
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Spartacus (1960)
Storm Warning (1951)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Australia
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Frank Marlowe
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
George Mathews
USA
Best movies:
The Proud Ones (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
Charles Seel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Jack Mulhall
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Strike Up the Band (1940)