The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Drama, Crime • 1h 59m
Overview
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.
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Darren McGavin, Robert Strauss, John Conte, Doro Merande, George E. Stone, George Mathews, Leonid Kinskey, Emile Meyer, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, Herschel Graham, Frank Mills, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Jeffrey Sayre, 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, Will Wright
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2
1986 RCA/Columbia LaserDisc
Director: Otto Preminger
Sony 4K Blu-ray Columbia Classics Vol 2
1986 RCA/Columbia LaserDisc
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: Otto Preminger
Director: James Whale
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, no comparison available with Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: James Whale
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, no comparison available with Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and better than the older restoration used by UK MoC , France Elephant Films, or Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray see caps
Director: Billy Wilder
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and better than the older restoration used by UK MoC , France Elephant Films, or Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray see caps
Director: Douglas Sirk
Kino Lorber or Universal or Arrow Blu-ray
Kino Lorber or Universal or Arrow Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is superior to France Elephant Films Blu-ray see caps but no comparisons on Universal or Arrow
Director: Douglas Sirk
Kino Lorber or Universal or Arrow Blu-ray
Kino Lorber or Universal or Arrow Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is superior to France Elephant Films Blu-ray see caps but no comparisons on Universal or Arrow
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Kino Lorber or Elephant Films France Blu-ray, no comparison available
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Kino Lorber or Elephant Films France Blu-ray, no comparison available
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Indicator Blu-ray is superior, France Elephant Films Blu-ray has some filtering applied see comparison
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Indicator Blu-ray is superior, France Elephant Films Blu-ray has some filtering applied see comparison
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Indicator Blu-ray has better encoding than Criterion Blu-ray, both 4K restoration, see DVDBeaver caps
No caps on France Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Indicator Blu-ray has better encoding than Criterion Blu-ray, both 4K restoration, see DVDBeaver caps
No caps on France Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: John Murray Anderson
Director: John Murray Anderson
Director: Leo McCarey
Shout! Factory Blu-ray or France Elephant Films Blu-ray, no comparisons
Director: Leo McCarey
Shout! Factory Blu-ray or France Elephant Films Blu-ray, no comparisons
Director: Leo McCarey
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray. They are using the same very old HD transfer.
Director: Leo McCarey
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray. They are using the same very old HD transfer.
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