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

The Gambler

1974·1h 52mReleased

DramaCrime

6.7/10

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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.

Top Cast

James Caan

Axel

Paul Sorvino

Hips

Lauren Hutton

Billie

Morris Carnovsky

A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi

Burt Young

Carmine

Average Score

Details

TMDB ID

44800

Director

Karel Reisz

Original Language

Production

Paramount Pictures, Winkler Films

Languages

English