Overview
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Details
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Writer
- Lewis Meltzer
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,000,000
Cast
Arnold Stang
Darren McGavin
Doro Merande
Eleanor Parker
Frank Sinatra
George E. Stone
George Mathews
John Conte
Kim Novak
Robert Strauss
Keywords
cold turkey
drug dealer
drums
ex-lover
gambling
insanity
jazz
junkie
poker
prison
rehabilitation
sense of guilt
suspicion of murder
underground world
wheelchair
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