Frank Sinatra directed the The Man with the Golden Arm.
Frank Sinatra . After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity , he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm ( 1955 ) , and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate ( 1962 ) . The Man with the Golden Arm . It was adapted for the screen by Walter Newman , Lewis Meltzer and Ben Hecht ( uncredited ) , and directed by Otto Preminger .