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The Gambler (1974)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Karel Reisz
  • Profile picture of James Caan
    Axel Freed James Caan
  • Profile picture of Paul Sorvino
    Hips Paul Sorvino
  • Profile picture of Lauren Hutton
    Billie Lauren Hutton
  • Profile picture of Morris Carnovsky
    A. R. Lowenthal Morris Carnovsky
  • Profile picture of Jacqueline Brookes
    Naomi Freed Jacqueline Brookes
  • Profile picture of Burt Young
    Carmine Burt Young
  • Profile picture of Carmine Caridi
    Jimmy Carmine Caridi
  • Profile picture of Vic Tayback
    One Vic Tayback

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Keywords

  • gambling
  • professor
  • money
  • mafia
  • debt