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# The Man with the Golden Arm (1955): cast and crew

36 cast and 33 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Frank Sinatra](https://film.one/person/frank-sinatra.md) as Frankie Machine
- [Eleanor Parker](https://film.one/person/eleanor-parker.md) as Zosh Machine
- [Kim Novak](https://film.one/person/kim-novak.md) as Molly
- [Arnold Stang](https://film.one/person/arnold-stang.md) as Sparrow
- [Darren McGavin](https://film.one/person/darren-mcgavin.md) as Louie
- [Robert Strauss](https://film.one/person/robert-strauss-7347.md) as Schwiefka
- [John Conte](https://film.one/person/john-conte-104198.md) as Drunky
- [Doro Merande](https://film.one/person/doro-merande.md) as Vi
- [George E. Stone](https://film.one/person/george-e-stone.md) as Sam Markette
- [George Mathews](https://film.one/person/george-mathews.md) as Williams
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://film.one/person/leonid-kinskey.md) as Dominiwski
- [Emile Meyer](https://film.one/person/emile-meyer.md) 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
- Leonard Bremen
- Paul E. Burns
- Pete Candoli
- Harold 'Tommy' Hart
- Mike Lally
- Frank Marlowe
- Joe McTurk
- Gordon Mitchell
- Jack Mulhall
- Ralph Neff
- Norman Papson
- Ernest Raboff
- Frank Richards
- Suzanne Ridgway
- Charles Seel
- [Martha Wentworth](https://film.one/person/martha-wentworth.md)
- [Will Wright](https://film.one/person/will-wright.md)

## Directing

- [Otto Preminger](https://film.one/person/otto-preminger.md): Director
- Horace Hough: Assistant Director
- James Engle: Assistant Director
- Kathleen Fagan: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Walter Newman](https://film.one/person/walter-newman.md): Screenplay
- [Lewis Meltzer](https://film.one/person/lewis-meltzer.md): Screenplay
- Nelson Algren: Novel

## Production

- [Otto Preminger](https://film.one/person/otto-preminger.md): Producer
- Jack McEdward: Production Manager
- Max Slater: Producer's Assistant

## Camera

- [Sam Leavitt](https://film.one/person/sam-leavitt.md): Director of Photography
- Albert Myers: Camera Operator
- Morris Rosen: Key Grip

## Editing

- [Louis R. Loeffler](https://film.one/person/louis-r-loeffler.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Elmer Bernstein](https://film.one/person/elmer-bernstein.md): Original Music Composer
- Leon Birnbaum: Music Editor
- Jack Solomon: Sound Engineer

## Art

- Darrell Silvera: Set Decoration
- [Joseph C. Wright](https://film.one/person/joseph-c-wright.md): Production Design
- Saul Bass: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- Bernard Ponedel: Makeup Artist
- [Joe King](https://film.one/person/joe-king.md): Wardrobe Master
- [Adele Parmenter](https://film.one/person/adele-parmenter.md): Wardrobe Master
- Ben Lane: Makeup Artist
- Jack Stone: Makeup Artist
- Hazel Keats: Hairstylist
- [Mary Ann Nyberg](https://film.one/person/mary-ann-nyberg.md): Costume Supervisor
- Helene Parrish: Hairstylist

## Lighting

- James Almond: Lighting Technician

## Crew

- Helen Thurston: Stunts
- Martha Crawford: Stunt Double
- Paul Baxley: Stunts
- [Ben Hecht](https://film.one/person/ben-hecht.md): Additional Writing

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