The Man with the Golden Arm
Classic Movies Playlist • 1h 59m
After getting out of prison, recovering drug addict Frankie Machine decides to straighten up, trying to get work as a drummer. However, when his former employer Schwiefka and Frankie's old drug dealer, Louis, re-enter his life, Frankie struggles to stay clean and finds himself straying back into old habits.
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