The Gambler (1974)

For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.

Movie · Drama, Crime · 1h 52m · Rated 6.7/10 on TMDB · Released October 2, 1974

Overview

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.

Directed by Karel Reisz

Cast

• James Caan as Axel
• Paul Sorvino as Hips
• Lauren Hutton as Billie
• Morris Carnovsky as A. R. Lowenthal
• Jacqueline Brookes as Naomi
• Burt Young as Carmine
• Carmine Caridi as Jimmy
• Carl W. Crudup as Spencer
• Stuart Margolin as Cowboy
• Vic Tayback as One
• Antonio Fargas as Pimp
• William Andrews as Basketball Coach

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