

26/12/1955
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.

Frank Sinatra
as Frankie Machine

Eleanor Parker
as Zosch Machine

Kim Novak
as Molly

Arnold Stang
as Sparrow

Darren McGavin
as Louie

Robert Strauss
as Schwiefka

John Conte
as Drunky

Doro Merande
as Vi

George E. Stone
as Sam Markette

George Mathews
as Williams

Leonid Kinskey
as Dominiwski

Emile Meyer
as Detective Bednar

Shorty Rogers
as Band Leader

Shelly Manne
as Drummer

Herschel Graham
as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

Frank Mills
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Street Vagrant (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
as Club Safari Patron (uncredited)

Jered Barclay
as

Leonard Bremen
as

Paul E. Burns
as

Pete Candoli
as

Harold 'Tommy' Hart
as

Mike Lally
as

Frank Marlowe
as

Joe McTurk
as

Gordon Mitchell
as

Jack Mulhall
as

Ralph Neff
as

Norman Papson
as

Ernest Raboff
as

Frank Richards
as

Suzanne Ridgway
as

Charles Seel
as

Martha Wentworth
as

Will Wright
as
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