A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
Jered Barclay
- Junkie in Lock-Up
- (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
- Cabbie in Lock-Up
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- Suspenders in Lock-Up
- (uncredited)
Pete Candoli
- Jazz Musician
- (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
- Club Safari Patron
- (uncredited)
Harold 'Tommy' Hart
- Officer Kvorka
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFrank Sinatra jumped at a chance to star in the film before reading the entire script.
- GoofsIn a scene about twenty minutes in, as the camera exits the bar following Frankie, the jukebox can be seen to slide out of the way of the camera at the bottom of the screen.
- Quotes
Sparrow: You all right... you know?
Frankie Machine: The monkey's gone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bass on Titles (1982)
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I Played My Drum For Him
Heroin, repression, lies, lust, claustrophobia and jazz: long before "Trainspotting," this was how you made an expressionistic film about drug addiction. Still stylishly evocative, thanks to Preminger's direction and Bernstein's pounding score, the adaptation of Nelson Algren's novel stands out for its grotesques, not least of which is its title character -- Preminger's narrative pacing never flags, but he somehow manages to linger on a number of minor characters whose weird, ruined lives cling to a patchwork dignity, and the effect is pitched somewhere between the social justice aims of "On the Waterfront" and the voyeurism of "Touch of Evil." Sinatra's performance, sweaty with vulnerability, is among his best. The supporting cast is also extremely good, but it's the urgent soundtrack and anxious camera, constantly tracking over a Caligari-skewed slice of the bowery that remain in memory.
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- Aug 1, 2000
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- Covek sa zlatnom rukom
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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