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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.

  • Movie
  • 1974
  • R
  • 1h 52m

Directed by Karel Reisz

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 138 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • James Caan

    James CaanAxel

  • Paul Sorvino

    Paul SorvinoHips

  • Lauren Hutton

    Lauren HuttonBillie

  • Morris Carnovsky

    Morris CarnovskyA. R. Lowenthal

  • Jacqueline Brookes

    Jacqueline BrookesNaomi

  • Burt Young

    Burt YoungCarmine

  • Carmine Caridi

    Carmine CaridiJimmy

  • Carl W. Crudup

    Carl W. CrudupSpencer

  • Stuart Margolin

    Stuart MargolinCowboy

  • Vic Tayback

    Vic TaybackOne

  • Antonio Fargas

    Antonio FargasPimp

  • William Andrews

    William AndrewsBasketball Coach

  • Steven Keats

    Steven KeatsHowie

  • Starletta DuPois

    Starletta DuPoisMonique

  • James Woods

    James WoodsBank Officer

  • London LeeMonkey

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    M. Emmet WalshLas Vegas Gambler

  • Allan Rich

    Allan RichBernie

Director
Karel Reisz
Writer
James Toback
Music
Jerry Fielding
Cinematography
Victor J. Kemper