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.
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Frank Sinatra as Frankie Machine
Eleanor Parker as Zosch Machine
Kim Novak as Molly
Arnold Stang as Sparrow
Darren McGavin as Louie
Robert Strauss as Schwiefka
John Conte as Drunky
Doro Merande as Vi
George E. Stone as Sam Markette
George Mathews as Williams
Leonid Kinskey as Dominiwski
Emile Meyer 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 as
Leonard Bremen as
Paul E. Burns as
Pete Candoli as
Harold 'Tommy' Hart as
Mike Lally as
Frank Marlowe as
Joe McTurk as
Gordon Mitchell as
Jack Mulhall as
Ralph Neff as
Norman Papson as
Ernest Raboff as
Frank Richards as
Suzanne Ridgway as
Charles Seel as
Martha Wentworth as
Will Wright as
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