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The Man with the Golden Arm(Movie, 1955)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | Genre: Drama
The Man with the Golden ArmRating: 3.6/5 (with 9191 votes)
The Man with the Golden Arm is a 1955 American drama film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren. Starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin, it recounts the story of a drug addict who gets clean while in prison, but struggles to stay that way in the outside world. Although the addictive drug is never identified in the film, according to the American Film Institute "most contemporary and modern sources assume that it is heroin", although in Algren's book it is morphine. The film's initial release was controversial for its treatment of the then-taboo subject of drug addiction. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Sinatra for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Joseph C. Wright and Darrell Silver... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Man with the Golden Arm

Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

About The Man with the Golden Arm

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on: "The Man with the Golden Arm" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 17 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 03/23/1956 (World premiere: 12/26/1955)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"O Homem do Braço de Ouro"
"El hombre del brazo de oro"
"Kultainen käsivarsi"

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