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