MOVIE
The Gambler
“For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.”
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.
Release / first air1974-10-02
Original languageEN
GenresDrama, Crime
DirectorKarel Reisz
WriterJames Toback
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionParamount Pictures, Winkler Films
Cast & Crew
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James CaanAxel
Paul SorvinoHips
Lauren HuttonBillie
Morris CarnovskyA. R. Lowenthal
Jacqueline BrookesNaomi
Burt YoungCarmine
Carmine CaridiJimmy
Carl W. CrudupSpencer
Stuart MargolinCowboy
Vic TaybackOneKeywords
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