The Man with the Golden Arm

Directed by Otto Preminger and starring Frank Sinatra, this groundbreaking 1955 drama follows Frankie Machine, a man fighting to escape heroin addiction after leaving rehabilitation. The film was revolutionary in its unflinching portrayal of drug dependency at a time when such subjects were largely forbidden on screen. Featuring a celebrated jazz score by Elmer Bernstein and iconic title design by Saul Bass, it remains a landmark of American cinema.

• Frank Sinatra earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
• Otto Preminger defied Hollywood censorship codes to release the film.
• Saul Bass designed the iconic jagged arm title sequence.
• The film boldly depicted heroin addiction, rare for its era.
• Elmer Bernstein's jazz score received an Oscar nomination.

• I got a really big thing going for me now and I don't want to louse it up.
• You don't know what it's like to want something so bad you'd die for it.
• I'm not sick, I just need a fix. There's a difference.
• Everybody needs a little something to get them through the night.
• The monkey is off my back. You understand? Off my back for good.