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Nelson Algren

Writer

Nelson Algren

Born March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan, USADied May 9, 19815 films

Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was an American writer whose novels of the poor are lifted from routine naturalism by his vision of their pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He also catches with poetic skill the mood of the city’s underside: its jukebox pounding, stench, and neon glare.

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The Man with the Golden Arm posterFirst watchThe Man with the Golden Arm19557.1When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up.View film

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Filmography

5 films
  1. 2021AlgrenWriter
  2. 2016Nelson Algren LiveWriter
  3. 2015Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...Writer
  4. 1962Walk on the Wild SideNovel
  5. 1955The Man with the Golden ArmNovel