Posted on 06/19/2015 8:27:48 PM PDT by DemforBush
A sharp card dealer named Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is back in town after a stretch in the joint for heroin addiction. Frankie's clean now, and wants to stay that way for a new start in life. But some of the people in Frankie's life have other plans...
Co-starring Kim Novak, Darren McGavin, and Eleanor Parker. Directed by Otto Preminger.
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Ping!
I always liked Elmer Bernstein’s jazzy music score for this film.
A MAJOR award!
Careful with it tho because it’s....’frah-gee-lee’!
If possible, would you please add me to a “ping list” for this event.
Thank you.
Evil Roy Slade?
I've been looking for that one for YEARS. You're ok!
There is (a ping list), and I would be more than happy to add you to it!
Welcome aboard, FRiend! :-)
Thank you!
Author of the book was Nelson Algren, a Chicagoan. I met him not long before he died at a talk, and he signed my book of his short stories: The Last Carousel. My dad went to DePaul, 1930s, and he always claimed Algren captured his world perfectly.
I seem to recall having read somewhere that Algren later stated (admitted / boasted) that he, in fact, had had no first-hand knowledge of the drug milieu; that he had researched it thoroughly, but only from secondary sources.
Arnold Stang gives a notable performance in the film.
Regards,
What you say may be true. I was referring to the characters Algren created. According to my Dad, right off the streets of the north and west side streets of Chicago to a tee.
Arnold Stang - voice of TOP CAT one of mu favorite cartoons growing up
One of the best movies of all time, IMO!
Great flick in many ways but most notable because of its terrifying vision of drug addiction.
Great movie? No. Great, if not greatest, score. “High Noon”, a close second.
“Whoa—WHOA! Evil Roy Slade?”
Isn’t it just the best? I used to look forward to watching it whenever it would be a movie special on tv (this was in the days before having cable, of course). I still crack up when I watch it today. John Astin is just a hoot!
It’s out on DVD now, btw. You can pick it up at Amazon for like 7 bucks.
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