
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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