Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Nelson Algren (novel) Walter Newman (screenplay)
Release Date: 16 January 1956 (Brazil)
Genre:Drama
Plot: Strung-out junkie deals with daily demoralizing drug addiction while crippled wife and card sharks continue to pull him down.
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Cast
* Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine
* Eleanor Parker as Zosh
* Kim Novak as Molly
* Arnold Stang as Sparrow
* Darren McGavin as Louie Fomorowski
* Robert Strauss as Zero Schwiefka
* John Conte as Drunky John
* Doro Merande as Vi
* George E. Stone as Sam Markette
* George Mathews as Williams
* Leonid Kinskey as Dominowski
* Emile Meyer as Detective Bednar