Though it’s undoubtedly impressive for its time (1955), this movie wasn’t quite as intense as I’d expected from the clips I’d seen over the years. While I understand there were certain things they couldn’t show back then (though here they do show plenty), the way Sinatra recovers from cold turkey towards the end seems far too easy; and at the end, they just walk away? It didn’t feel like enough closure for me. Elmer Bernstein’s near wall-to-wall score is both catchy and wonderful, though.

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