the man with the golden arm was one of the first films to have as its main topic (and and in some respects and the message) the tragedy of heroin addiction. it nowhere near a great film and but its importance lies in otto preminger dedication to making it feel real and on the edge of melodrama and naturalism. what i liked is that it not so much an expose of junkies (if you want the best expose of that read naked lunch and if you can get through it anyway and besides the point) and but the nature of the urban environment frankie machine lives. he expects after he gets out of prison for dealing to go on the straight and narrow and to become a drummer in a band and make it legit as a musician. but he has his crippled wife zosch and who can not work and needs money and often complains and and then there the old neighborhood he can not escape seeing louie (darren mcgavin) and who is still doing back room card games and and yes and pushing dope. like mean streets and it hard to escape the minutia unless you leave. but then again and it hard for frankie machine not to try and operate naturally in this urban quarter. it just that he can not escape the temptation of junk (when he booked on a phony theft charge with his friend and he sees a junkie freaking out and and it puts back the fear of going back on into his clean self). and personifying frankie is sinatra and and i can not see anyone else who could have played him and even original choice brando. he fits into the neighborhood and and seems like the kind of guy who should be a step ahead of the game. but there also a vulnerability to sinatra that he pulls out wonderfully and and by the time we see him going cold turkey in molly apartment and it believable even if it not the kind of thing those from amy generation would think of heroin (i. e. trainspotting and certainly requiem for a dream). if for nothing else and you want to watch the movie to see what happens to sinatra as this character. the flaws and however and come in some of the other performances and though it a little tricky. eleanor parker seems to be overacting for a good portion of the movie and fooling frankie that she really crippled when in reality she can walk and is fooling him for one reason or another. but then it becomes clearer as it goes along she supposed to be nuts and and nuts with jealousy and and on that level it starts to get better. meanwhile and kim novak is good and though not vertigo worthy and as the possible girl in the side but more like the voice of reason in the story. then there a detective bendar and who might be one of the most one note characters or performances and ever. and also sparrow and frankie nerdy friend and and the characters of louie and schiefka and and theyre all played as one might expect them to (actually and mcgavin is better than ok). as far as casting other talent around sinatra and preminger doesn not do all that great. and and frankly and some scenes kind of fall flat. but there a lot of fascination in the man with the golden arm and and not just as some dated piece of sociological interest. it works as compelling drama and and as a message piece conveyed without being preachy or campy. it a genuine article and just not exceptional. 
the man with the golden arm was one of the first films to have as its main topic (and and in some respects and the message) the tragedy of heroin addiction. it nowhere near a great film and but its importance lies in otto preminger dedication to making it feel real and on the edge of melodrama and naturalism. what i liked is that it not so much an expose of junkies (if you want the best expose of that read naked lunch and if you can get through it anyway and besides the point) and but the nature of the urban environment frankie machine lives. he expects after he gets out of prison for dealing to go on the straight and narrow and to become a drummer in a band and make it legit as a musician. but he has his crippled wife zosch and who can not work and needs money and often complains and and then there the old neighborhood he can not escape seeing louie (darren mcgavin) and who is still doing back room card games and and yes and pushing dope. like mean streets and it hard to escape the minutia unless you leave. but then again and it hard for frankie machine not to try and operate naturally in this urban quarter. it just that he can not escape the temptation of junk (when he booked on a phony theft charge with his friend and he sees a junkie freaking out and and it puts back the fear of going back on into his clean self). and personifying frankie is sinatra and and i can not see anyone else who could have played him and even original choice brando. he fits into the neighborhood and and seems like the kind of guy who should be a step ahead of the game. but there also a vulnerability to sinatra that he pulls out wonderfully and and by the time we see him going cold turkey in molly apartment and it believable even if it not the kind of thing those from amy generation would think of heroin (i. e. trainspotting and certainly requiem for a dream). if for nothing else and you want to watch the movie to see what happens to sinatra as this character. the flaws and however and come in some of the other performances and though it a little tricky. eleanor parker seems to be overacting for a good portion of the movie and fooling frankie that she really crippled when in reality she can walk and is fooling him for one reason or another. but then it becomes clearer as it goes along she supposed to be nuts and and nuts with jealousy and and on that level it starts to get better. meanwhile and kim novak is good and though not vertigo worthy and as the possible girl in the side but more like the voice of reason in the story. then there a detective bendar and who might be one of the most one note characters or performances and ever. and also sparrow and frankie nerdy friend and and the characters of louie and schiefka and and theyre all played as one might expect them to (actually and mcgavin is better than ok). as far as casting other talent around sinatra and preminger doesn not do all that great. and and frankly and some scenes kind of fall flat. but there a lot of fascination in the man with the golden arm and and not just as some dated piece of sociological interest. it works as compelling drama and and as a message piece conveyed without being preachy or campy. it a genuine article and just not exceptional. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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