The Gambler
“For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.”
1974•R•1h 52m•6.7•Released
DramaCrime
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.
Director
Karel Reisz
Writer
James Toback
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
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
One
Antonio Fargas
Pimp
William Andrews
Basketball Coach
Steven Keats
Howie
Starletta DuPois
Monique
James Woods
Bank Officer
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
Winkler Films
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Producer
Irwin Winkler
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