The Gambler

Oct 2, 1974

1h 51m

★ 6.7

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

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Chartoff-Winkler Productions

The Gambler Trailers

Cast

Axel

James Caan

Hips

Paul Sorvino

Billie

Lauren Hutton

A. R. Lowenthal

Morris Carnovsky

Naomi

Jacqueline Brookes

Carmine

Burt Young

Jimmy

Carmine Caridi

Spencer

Carl W. Crudup

Cowboy

Stuart Margolin

One

Vic Tayback

Pimp

Antonio Fargas

Basketball Coach

William Andrews

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