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.
The Man with the Golden Arm has generally received positive reviews.
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The Man with the Golden Arm was released in 1955 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 128 reviews, giving The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 68%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Man with the Golden Arm than critics were.
With a score of 73%, The Man with the Golden Arm is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1955, which stands at 59%.
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