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Quotes from The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

8 quotes
Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine: Guy teaches me drumming down there, says I'm a natural, arms made of pure gold.
- Frank Sinatra (as Frankie Machine) in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Darren McGavin
Frankie Machine: I don't need it is all, I kicked it.
Louie: Oh, kicked it... wanna bet?
Frankie Machine: I mean it.
Louie: Sure, I'll be around.

Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine: I'm the kind of guy, boy when I move - watch my smoke. But I'm gonna need some good clothes though.
- Frank Sinatra (as Frankie Machine) in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Frank Sinatra
Frankie Machine: You mean just stop? Cold turkey? You don't understand! The pain...
- Frank Sinatra (as Frankie Machine) in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Arnold Stang
Sparrow: Not even a postycard.
Frankie Machine: You can't read anyway.
Sparrow: You coulda drawed pictures.

Frank Sinatra
Sparrow: You all right... you know?
Frankie Machine: The monkey's gone.
- Frank Sinatra (as Frankie Machine) in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Arnold Stang
Sparrow: You can't hold me, I'm un-incapable. I'm not smart enough to be running around loose and too goofy to be locked up. The neck, will ya let go of the neck... let go of the neck!

Darren McGavin
Louie: The monkey is never dead, Dealer. The monkey never dies. When you kick him off, he just hides in a corner, waiting his turn.