The Man with the Golden Arm

Description :  Nelson Algren's groundbreaking 1949 novel shook American literature. Otto Preminger's film shook Hollywood. Frankie "Machine" Majcinek (Sinatra) walks out of prison clean — off heroin and with a dream of becoming a jazz drummer. But the Chicago slum neighbourhood that swallowed him before is waiting: the card sharks want their dealer back, and his manipulative wife Zosh (Eleanor Parker) refuses to let him go, playing on his guilt to keep him trapped. His only real hope is Molly (Kim Novak), a warm-hearted neighbour who believes in the man Frankie could be — and loves him enough to fight for it.