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The Gambler

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

1974 · 1h 52m · 6.7 on TMDB

R

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

James Caan
Axel
Paul Sorvino
Hips
Lauren Hutton
Billie
Morris Carnovsky
A. R. Lowenthal

Jacqueline Brookes

Jacqueline Brookes

Naomi

Burt Young

Burt Young

Carmine

Carmine Caridi

Carmine Caridi

Jimmy

Carl W. Crudup

Carl W. Crudup

Spencer

Stuart Margolin

Stuart Margolin

Cowboy

Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

One

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

Pimp

William Andrews

William Andrews

Basketball Coach

Production

Paramount Pictures Winkler Films

Directed by

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Released: October 2, 1974

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