The Gambler
"For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000."
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.
🎬 DirectorKarel Reisz
📅 Release1974-10-02
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioParamount Pictures, Winkler Films
🗳 Votes128
🔥 Popularity2
🎭 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
🎥 Crew
Producer
Irwin Winkler
Original Music Composer
Jerry Fielding
Producer
Robert Chartoff
Director of Photography
Victor J. Kemper
Director
Karel Reisz
Writer
James Toback
Stunts
Gene LeBell
Editor
Roger Spottiswoode
Production Manager
Hal W. Polaire
Production Design
Philip Rosenberg
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york citygamblingprofessormoneymafiadebtjewish americangambling addiction
💬 Reviews
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