The Gambler
"For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000."
6.7112m1974
DramaCrime
Synopsis
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Production Details
Release DateOct 2, 1974
DirectorKarel Reisz
WritersJames Toback
Principal Cast
James Caan
Axel
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline Brookes
Naomi
Burt Young
Carmine
Carmine Caridi
Jimmy
Carl W. Crudup
Spencer
Stuart Margolin
Cowboy
Vic Tayback
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