The Gambler (1974)
For $10,000 they break your arms. For $20,000 they break your legs. Axel Freed owes $44,000.
1974 · R · 1h 52m · Drama, Crime
Genres: Drama, Crime
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.
Director: Karel Reisz
Writers: James Toback
Music by: Jerry Fielding
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Editor: Roger Spottiswoode
Rated 6.7/10 by 136 viewers
Cast
James Caan as AxelPaul Sorvino as HipsLauren Hutton as BillieMorris Carnovsky as A. R. LowenthalJacqueline Brookes as NaomiBurt Young as CarmineCarmine Caridi as JimmyCarl W. Crudup as SpencerStuart Margolin as CowboyVic Tayback as OneAntonio Fargas as PimpWilliam Andrews as Basketball CoachMore like this
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